The invention relates to the technical field of water electrolysis catalytic materials, in particular to a preparation method of an Ag-coated CoMoO4 oxygen evolution electrocatalyst. Comprising the following steps: (1) mixing polyvinylpyrrolidone with 1, 2-propylene glycol, stirring at a certain temperature, and then adding a sodium chloride solution and a silver nitrate solution with a certain concentration to prepare a silver nanowire solution; (2) purifying the silver nanowires with acetone and washing the silver nanowires for several times for later use; (3) weighing 2-methylimidazole, adding 2-methylimidazole into a mixed solution of different amounts of silver nanowires and methanol, adding a methanol solution of cobalt nitrate hexahydrate, dissolving the mixed solution in ethanol, and stirring at normal temperature; (4) adding sodium molybdate nonahydrate into the product obtained in the step (3), and carrying out hydrothermal reaction; after naturally cooling to room temperature, centrifugally collecting, washing with ethanol for multiple times, and drying to obtain the catalyst; the production cost is low, large-scale production is easy to achieve, the microstructure and good catalytic activity can be kept for a long time under the alkaline condition, and potential industrial application value is achieved in the aspect of electro-catalytic hydrogen production.