Method for displaying loading progress and terminal

A loading progress displaying method and apparatus. The method comprises: when a terminal starts loading information to be loaded, acquiring a preview image of the information to be loaded (S100); displaying the preview image in a region where the information to be loaded is displayed, and a pre-set mask layer covering the preview image (S101); and calculating a loading progress for loading the information to be loaded, and adjusting the transparency of the mask layer according to the loading progress (S102). By means of the present invention, a terminal can display the loading progress by means of the change in the transparency of the display of a preview image of information to be loaded.