The invention relates to the technical field of thermal barrier coatings, in particular to a porous tantalite ceramic. The ceramic is prepared by sintering RE2O3 powder, Ta2O5 powder and HfO2 powder,the molar ratio of RE: Ta: Hf in the ceramic is 1:1: x, wherein the x is larger than 0 and smaller than 0.1; the ceramic is of a porous structure, and the porosity is larger than 0.2. The preparationmethod of the ceramic comprises the following steps of: weighing the RE2O3 powder, the Ta2O5 powder and the HfO2 powder, wherein the molar ratio of RE: Ta: Hf is 1:1:x, adding a solvent, mixing, and grinding by using a grinding machine to obtain powder A; drying the powder A, and sieving for the first time to obtain powder B; placing the powder B in a mold, compacting, and pre-sintering to obtaina block C; cooling the block C to room temperature, grinding by using the grinding machine, and sieving for the second time to obtain powder D; and sintering the powder D to obtain the porous tantalite ceramic. The porous tantalite ceramic prepared by adopting the technical scheme has the advantages of high porosity, low thermal conductivity at high temperature and good heat insulation performance.