A method for prompting a notification message, applied to a mobile terminal, comprising: receiving a notification message; determining whether a floating notification display area of a display screen of the mobile terminal is in an operated state or a to-be-operated state, wherein the floating notification display area has a range which is larger than a range of a status bar of the mobile terminal, and wherein the floating notification display area includes an area of the status bar of the mobile terminal; determining whether the notification message needs to be prompted, in a case that the floating notification display area is in the operated state or the to-be-operated state; and prompting the notification message by using a target prompting manner corresponding to the notification message, in a case that the notification message needs to be prompted; wherein the prompting the notification message by using the target prompting manner corresponding to the notification message comprises: controlling content of the notification message to be displayed in a form of bullet comments at a first target location of the display screen of the mobile terminal, in a case that the notification message is a first type of message, wherein the bullet comments are non-clickable; and controlling an icon of an application to which the notification message belongs to be displayed at a second target location of the display screen of the mobile terminal, in a case that the notification message is a second type of message. receiving a notification message; determining whether a floating notification display area of a display screen of the mobile terminal is in an operated state or a to-be-operated state, wherein the floating notification display area has a range which is larger than a range of a status bar of the mobile terminal, and wherein the floating notification display area includes an area of the status bar of the mobile terminal; determining whether the notification message needs to be prompted, in a case that the floating notification display area is in the operated state or the to-be-operated state; and prompting the notification message by using a target prompting manner corresponding to the notification message, in a case that the notification message needs to be prompted; wherein the prompting the notification message by using the target prompting manner corresponding to the notification message comprises: controlling content of the notification message to be displayed in a form of bullet comments at a first target location of the display screen of the mobile terminal, in a case that the notification message is a first type of message, wherein the bullet comments are non-clickable; and controlling an icon of an application to which the notification message belongs to be displayed at a second target location of the display screen of the mobile terminal, in a case that the notification message is a second type of message. controlling content of the notification message to be displayed in a form of bullet comments at a first target location of the display screen of the mobile terminal, in a case that the notification message is a first type of message, wherein the bullet comments are non-clickable; and controlling an icon of an application to which the notification message belongs to be displayed at a second target location of the display screen of the mobile terminal, in a case that the notification message is a second type of message.