The invention provides a distributed collection method oriented to user generated content. The method includes the steps that first, page types are divided according to collection amount of collection pages and collection difficulty, and on the basis of the page types, collection tasks are built and added into a collection queue, wherein the collection tasks comprise composite collection tasks, and the composite collection tasks are collection tasks formed in the mode that a plurality of same type collection pages are classified into same collection tasks; second, the collection tasks are taken out of the collection queue concurrently, the collection tasks are executes, and acquired information is fed back. The invention further provides a corresponding distributed collection system which comprises a master control node and a plurality of sub-nodes, wherein the master control node is used for constructing and maintaining the queue of the collection tasks, and the sub-nodes are used for executing the collection tasks concurrently. According to the distributed collection method and system, collection speed is high, and the UGC news collection instantaneity is remarkably improved; the distributed collection method and system is applicable to collection of the pages in different types, and diversified collection tasks are executed; monitoring measures of collected objects can be avoided.