The invention discloses a graphene/titanate nanometer composite visible-light activated photocatalyst and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the fields of nanometer composite materials and photocatalysis technology. The composite photocatalyst is prepared by compounding titanate and graphene, and the preparation method comprises the following steps: reacting tetrabutyl titanate with ammonia water to obtain a titanium hydroxyl compound; performing ultrasonic dispersion of graphene oxide in water, adding nitrate, stirring, mixing with the titanium hydroxyl compound and a potassium hydroxide aqueous solution, stirring, finally transferring the mixed solution into a reaction vessel to perform a hydrothermal reaction, after the reaction, performing centrifugation, filtration, washing, and vacuum drying of the product to obtain the composite photocatalyst. Photocatalytic degradation experiments show that the graphene/titanate composite photocatalyst prepared by the method has good photocatalytic degradation effect on rhodamine B under visible light irradiation. The photocatalyst of the invention has the advantages of relatively simple operation process, controllable morphology, no requirements for other reducing agents, and good visible-light activated photocatalysis performance.