A display substrate, comprising: a base substrate, and a plurality of sub-pixels on the base substrate, wherein each of the plurality of sub-pixels comprises a pixel circuit for driving a light emitting element to emit light; pixel circuits of the plurality of sub-pixels are distributed in a plurality of columns in a first direction and a plurality of rows in a second direction; the pixel circuit comprises a drive sub-circuit, a data write sub-circuit, a compensation sub-circuit and a storage sub-circuit; the drive sub-circuit comprises a control terminal, a first terminal and a second terminal, and the drive sub-circuit is configured to be coupled with the light emitting element and control a drive current flowing through the light emitting element; the data write sub-circuit comprises a control terminal, a first terminal and a second terminal, the control terminal of the data write sub-circuit is configured to receive a first scanning signal, the first terminal of the data write sub-circuit is configured to receive a data signal, the second terminal of the data write sub-circuit is electrically connected with the drive sub-circuit, and the data write sub-circuit is configured to write the data signal into the first terminal of the drive sub-circuit in response to the first scanning signal; the compensation sub-circuit comprises a control terminal, a first terminal and a second terminal, the control terminal of the compensation sub-circuit is configured to receive a second scanning signal, the first terminal and the second terminal of the compensation sub-circuit are respectively electrically connected with the control terminal and the second terminal of the drive sub-circuit, and the compensation sub-circuit is configured to perform threshold compensation on the drive sub-circuit in response to the second scanning signal; the storage sub-circuit is electrically connected with the control terminal of the drive sub-circuit and a first voltage terminal and the storage sub-circuit is configured to store the data signal; the storage sub-circuit comprises a storage capacitor (Cst), a first capacitor electrode (Ca) of the storage capacitor (Cst) is electrically connected with the first voltage terminal, and a second capacitor electrode (Cb) is electrically connected with the control terminal of the drive sub-circuit; the plurality of sub-pixels comprise a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel directly adjacent to each other in the second direction in a same row, characterized in that, the first capacitor electrode (Caa) in the first sub-pixel and the first capacitor electrode (Cab) in the second sub-pixel are arranged in a same layer and are spaced apart from each other, thus being disconnected from one another in the conducting layer where they are formed. a base substrate, and a plurality of sub-pixels on the base substrate, wherein each of the plurality of sub-pixels comprises a pixel circuit for driving a light emitting element to emit light; pixel circuits of the plurality of sub-pixels are distributed in a plurality of columns in a first direction and a plurality of rows in a second direction; the pixel circuit comprises a drive sub-circuit, a data write sub-circuit, a compensation sub-circuit and a storage sub-circuit; the drive sub-circuit comprises a control terminal, a first terminal and a second terminal, and the drive sub-circuit is configured to be coupled with the light emitting element and control a drive current flowing through the light emitting element; the data write sub-circuit comprises a control terminal, a first terminal and a second terminal, the control terminal of the data write sub-circuit is configured to receive a first scanning signal, the first terminal of the data write sub-circuit is configured to receive a data signal, the second terminal of the data write sub-circuit is electrically connected with the drive sub-circuit, and the data write sub-circuit is configured to write the data signal into the first terminal of the drive sub-circuit in response to the first scanning signal; the compensation sub-circuit comprises a control terminal, a first terminal and a second terminal, the control terminal of the compensation sub-circuit is configured to receive a second scanning signal, the first terminal and the second terminal of the compensation sub-circuit are respectively electrically connected with the control terminal and the second terminal of the drive sub-circuit, and the compensation sub-circuit is configured to perform threshold compensation on the drive sub-circuit in response to the second scanning signal; the storage sub-circuit is electrically connected with the control terminal of the drive sub-circuit and a first voltage terminal and the storage sub-circuit is configured to store the data signal; the storage sub-circuit comprises a storage capacitor (Cst), a first capacitor electrode (Ca) of the storage capacitor (Cst) is electrically connected with the first voltage terminal, and a second capacitor electrode (Cb) is electrically connected with the control terminal of the drive sub-circuit; the plurality of sub-pixels comprise a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel directly adjacent to each other in the second direction in a same row, characterized in that, the first capacitor electrode (Caa) in the first sub-pixel and the first capacitor electrode (Cab) in the second sub-pixel are arranged in a same layer and are spaced apart from each other, thus being disconnected from one another in the conducting layer where they are formed.