The invention relates to the technical field of oilfield water injection, and discloses an acrylamide copolymer, a preparation method and applications thereof. The preparation method comprises: underthe condition of a solution polymerization reaction, in the presence of an initiator and a surfactant, carrying out a polymerization reaction on acrylamide and a monomer mixture comprising a comonomerwith a structure represented by a formula (1) and an active monomer with a structure represented by a formula (2) in water, wherein the initiator comprises an initiator A with a structure representedby a formula (3) and an initiator B, the initiator B is 4-methylthiosemicarbazide, R1-R3 and R5 are respectively selected from hydrogen and C1-C4 alkyl, R4 is C1-C4 alkylene, M is hydrogen, sodium orpotassium, R6-R9 are respectively C1-C4 alkyl, n is an integer of 1-10, and m is an integer of 2-6. According to the invention, the prepared acrylamide copolymer has advantages of ultrahigh molecularweight tackifying property, excellent solubility, excellent temperature resistance, excellent salt resistance and favorable surface/interface activity.