The invention discloses a self-service collector for a throat swab, and relates to the technical field of medical devices. The self-service collector comprises a tongue depressor, a handle and a collector, wherein the collector is installed above the handle, the tongue depressor is installed on one side of the handle, and the throat swab is installed above the tongue depressor; the collector is used for detecting whether the throat swab reaches the throat or not and driving the throat swab to move and rotate. The self-service collector is simple and reasonable in structure, the throat swab isinstalled in a collecting hole firstly, then the tongue root is pressed by the tongue depressor part, then the collector automatically collects a throat swab specimen, then the collector exits, and the throat swab is recycled and inspected. According to the device, a patient can conveniently take a throat swab specimen by himself / herself without operation of medical staff, the probability of crossinfection between doctors and patients can be effectively reduced, the use of protective equipment such as a protective suit is saved at the same time, the practicability is extremely high, and the self-service collector can be used for throat swab sampling of infectivity pneumonia.