A touch display substrate, comprising a plurality of sub-pixels, each of the sub-pixels comprises a storage capacitor, a driving transistor, a switching element and a light emitting element, a first electrode of the storage capacitor is coupled to a gate electrode of the driving transistor, a second electrode of the storage capacitor is opposite to the first electrode of the storage capacitor and is coupled to a first electrode of the driving transistor, a second electrode of the driving transistor, the switching element and the light emitting element are sequentially coupled in series,
- the touch display substrate is also provided with a plurality of touch electrodes which are mutually insulated and a plurality of touch lines, which are mutually insulated, respectively coupled to the touch electrodes, an insulating layer is provided between each of the touch electrodes and a corresponding one of the touch lines, each of the touch electrodes is coupled to the corresponding one of the touch lines through a via hole in the insulating layer, and each of the touch electrodes is formed by the second electrode of the storage capacitor in at least one of the sub-pixels,
- during a touch stage, the switching element is configured to decouple an electrical coupling between the second electrode of the driving transistor and the light emitting element.