The invention discloses a friend recommendation method and device, and can be used for improving accuracy of recommending friends to a user, and the use satisfaction of the user. The method comprises the following steps: obtaining the current user attribute of a first user and a historical user attribute corresponding to the current user attribute, wherein the historical user attribute is formed in first appointed time; according to the current user attribute and the historical user attribute, determining an attribute similarity between a recommended user and the first user; independently obtaining social relationship data formed by the recommended user and the first user in second appointed time, and determining a structure similarity between the recommended user and a first social relationship according to the social relationship data; and according to the attribute similarity and the structure similarity, selecting and recommending the recommended user to the first user.