Embodiments of the invention disclose a status icon display method. The method is applied to a terminal equipped with a display, at least one display interface of the display includes a status bar, and the status bar is used for displaying multiple status icons. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring all current status icons to be displayed; sorting all the status icons to get a circular display queue; and displaying all the status icons one by one in a default area of the status bar according to the sequence of the circular display queue and according to preset display rules. Accordingly, the embodiments of the invention further disclose a status icon display device and a terminal. Ghosting in the display picture is prevented, and the display effect is improved.