The invention discloses a gear shifting method of a rotary knob lifting type electronic wire control gear shifter. The gear shifting method of the rotary knob lifting type electronic wire control gearshifter comprises the following steps that S1, an automobile is started, and a gear shifting rotary knob rises and in a steady state gear; S2, the gear shifting rotary knob is rotated one or two strokes to the left side or the right side, after a gear signal is transmitted to a microprogrammed control unit (MCU) for recognition, the gear shifting rotary knob resets to the steady state gear; S3, when gear shifting is required, braking is carried out, and then, the S2 is repeated; and S4, the automobile flameout is carried out, and the gear shifting rotary knob drops down. The gear shifting method of the rotary knob lifting type electronic wire control gear shifter is realized through a gear shifting device, the driving comfort can be better improved, space in the automobile is saved, lightweight of the whole automobile is realized, danger caused by misoperation is avoided, and safe reliability is improved.