The present application discloses a display substrate and a display apparatus. The display substrate includes: a base substrate, a first conductive layer, first insulating layer, second conductive layer, second insulating layer, and third conductive layer; the first conductive layer includes gate lines; the second conductive layer includes touch electrode wires; the orthographic projection of the touch electrode wires intersects with the orthographic projection of the gate lines; the second insulating layer has a first via hole, the third conductive layer is electrically connected to the touch electrode wires by the first via hole; the first via hole includes an upper opening and a lower opening communicating with each other, the lower opening is close to the base substrate, the upper opening is close to the third conductive layer; the orthographic projection of the lower opening does not overlap with the orthographic projection of the edge of the gate lines.