Reference population	Autonomous City and Community	Reasons for not checking dubious information	Total
Total Persons	National Total	Total	35.949.285
Total Persons	National Total	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	19,1
Total Persons	National Total	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	9,6
Total Persons	National Total	Other reasons	13,2
Total Persons	Andalucía	Total	6.477.570
Total Persons	Andalucía	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	19,6
Total Persons	Andalucía	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	9,7
Total Persons	Andalucía	Other reasons	13
Total Persons	Aragón	Total	970.615
Total Persons	Aragón	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	17,8
Total Persons	Aragón	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	10,9
Total Persons	Aragón	Other reasons	12,2
Total Persons	Asturias, Principado de	Total	753.752
Total Persons	Asturias, Principado de	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	20
Total Persons	Asturias, Principado de	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	10,1
Total Persons	Asturias, Principado de	Other reasons	13,3
Total Persons	Balears, Illes	Total	965.956
Total Persons	Balears, Illes	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	18,6
Total Persons	Balears, Illes	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	11
Total Persons	Balears, Illes	Other reasons	13,2
Total Persons	Canarias	Total	1.808.096
Total Persons	Canarias	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	15,9
Total Persons	Canarias	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	8,3
Total Persons	Canarias	Other reasons	11,7
Total Persons	Cantabria	Total	441.629
Total Persons	Cantabria	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	16,3
Total Persons	Cantabria	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	8,2
Total Persons	Cantabria	Other reasons	12,6
Total Persons	Castilla y León	Total	1.736.375
Total Persons	Castilla y León	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	18,1
Total Persons	Castilla y León	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	9,3
Total Persons	Castilla y León	Other reasons	13,3
Total Persons	Castilla-La Mancha	Total	1.542.385
Total Persons	Castilla-La Mancha	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	18,4
Total Persons	Castilla-La Mancha	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	12
Total Persons	Castilla-La Mancha	Other reasons	15,7
Total Persons	Cataluña	Total	5.797.054
Total Persons	Cataluña	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	22,1
Total Persons	Cataluña	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	10,3
Total Persons	Cataluña	Other reasons	14
Total Persons	Comunitat Valenciana	Total	3.892.134
Total Persons	Comunitat Valenciana	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	19,1
Total Persons	Comunitat Valenciana	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	11,1
Total Persons	Comunitat Valenciana	Other reasons	15,9
Total Persons	Extremadura	Total	783.619
Total Persons	Extremadura	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	16,2
Total Persons	Extremadura	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	10
Total Persons	Extremadura	Other reasons	11,2
Total Persons	Galicia	Total	1.982.136
Total Persons	Galicia	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	19,6
Total Persons	Galicia	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	8,5
Total Persons	Galicia	Other reasons	11,1
Total Persons	Madrid, Comunidad de	Total	5.191.914
Total Persons	Madrid, Comunidad de	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	18,5
Total Persons	Madrid, Comunidad de	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	8,2
Total Persons	Madrid, Comunidad de	Other reasons	13
Total Persons	Murcia, Región de	Total	1.154.828
Total Persons	Murcia, Región de	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	16,4
Total Persons	Murcia, Región de	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	10,3
Total Persons	Murcia, Región de	Other reasons	14,3
Total Persons	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Total	489.272
Total Persons	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	19,5
Total Persons	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	10,9
Total Persons	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Other reasons	13,8
Total Persons	País Vasco	Total	1.606.614
Total Persons	País Vasco	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	17,1
Total Persons	País Vasco	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	6,9
Total Persons	País Vasco	Other reasons	9,1
Total Persons	Rioja, La	Total	234.646
Total Persons	Rioja, La	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	14,3
Total Persons	Rioja, La	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	6,1
Total Persons	Rioja, La	Other reasons	12,2
Total Persons	Ceuta	Total	60.155
Total Persons	Ceuta	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	14,7
Total Persons	Ceuta	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	0,7
Total Persons	Ceuta	Other reasons	11
Total Persons	Melilla	Total	60.535
Total Persons	Melilla	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	20,3
Total Persons	Melilla	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	14,4
Total Persons	Melilla	Other reasons	11,3
Internet users in the last 3 months	National Total	Total	34.312.027
Internet users in the last 3 months	National Total	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	20
Internet users in the last 3 months	National Total	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	10,1
Internet users in the last 3 months	National Total	Other reasons	13,9
Internet users in the last 3 months	Andalucía	Total	6.139.317
Internet users in the last 3 months	Andalucía	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	20,7
Internet users in the last 3 months	Andalucía	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	10,3
Internet users in the last 3 months	Andalucía	Other reasons	13,7
Internet users in the last 3 months	Aragón	Total	927.371
Internet users in the last 3 months	Aragón	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	18,6
Internet users in the last 3 months	Aragón	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	11,4
Internet users in the last 3 months	Aragón	Other reasons	12,8
Internet users in the last 3 months	Asturias, Principado de	Total	719.018
Internet users in the last 3 months	Asturias, Principado de	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	21
Internet users in the last 3 months	Asturias, Principado de	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	10,6
Internet users in the last 3 months	Asturias, Principado de	Other reasons	14
Internet users in the last 3 months	Balears, Illes	Total	938.941
Internet users in the last 3 months	Balears, Illes	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	19,1
Internet users in the last 3 months	Balears, Illes	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	11,3
Internet users in the last 3 months	Balears, Illes	Other reasons	13,6
Internet users in the last 3 months	Canarias	Total	1.739.626
Internet users in the last 3 months	Canarias	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	16,5
Internet users in the last 3 months	Canarias	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	8,6
Internet users in the last 3 months	Canarias	Other reasons	12,1
Internet users in the last 3 months	Cantabria	Total	413.948
Internet users in the last 3 months	Cantabria	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	17,3
Internet users in the last 3 months	Cantabria	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	8,7
Internet users in the last 3 months	Cantabria	Other reasons	13,5
Internet users in the last 3 months	Castilla y León	Total	1.635.222
Internet users in the last 3 months	Castilla y León	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	19,2
Internet users in the last 3 months	Castilla y León	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	9,9
Internet users in the last 3 months	Castilla y León	Other reasons	14,2
Internet users in the last 3 months	Castilla-La Mancha	Total	1.454.928
Internet users in the last 3 months	Castilla-La Mancha	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	19,5
Internet users in the last 3 months	Castilla-La Mancha	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	12,8
Internet users in the last 3 months	Castilla-La Mancha	Other reasons	16,7
Internet users in the last 3 months	Cataluña	Total	5.613.095
Internet users in the last 3 months	Cataluña	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	22,8
Internet users in the last 3 months	Cataluña	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	10,7
Internet users in the last 3 months	Cataluña	Other reasons	14,4
Internet users in the last 3 months	Comunitat Valenciana	Total	3.688.053
Internet users in the last 3 months	Comunitat Valenciana	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	20,2
Internet users in the last 3 months	Comunitat Valenciana	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	11,7
Internet users in the last 3 months	Comunitat Valenciana	Other reasons	16,7
Internet users in the last 3 months	Extremadura	Total	712.651
Internet users in the last 3 months	Extremadura	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	17,8
Internet users in the last 3 months	Extremadura	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	11
Internet users in the last 3 months	Extremadura	Other reasons	12,3
Internet users in the last 3 months	Galicia	Total	1.827.080
Internet users in the last 3 months	Galicia	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	21,2
Internet users in the last 3 months	Galicia	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	9,2
Internet users in the last 3 months	Galicia	Other reasons	12
Internet users in the last 3 months	Madrid, Comunidad de	Total	5.054.723
Internet users in the last 3 months	Madrid, Comunidad de	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	19
Internet users in the last 3 months	Madrid, Comunidad de	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	8,4
Internet users in the last 3 months	Madrid, Comunidad de	Other reasons	13,4
Internet users in the last 3 months	Murcia, Región de	Total	1.110.861
Internet users in the last 3 months	Murcia, Región de	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	17,1
Internet users in the last 3 months	Murcia, Región de	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	10,7
Internet users in the last 3 months	Murcia, Región de	Other reasons	14,8
Internet users in the last 3 months	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Total	469.530
Internet users in the last 3 months	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	20,3
Internet users in the last 3 months	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	11,4
Internet users in the last 3 months	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Other reasons	14,4
Internet users in the last 3 months	País Vasco	Total	1.530.693
Internet users in the last 3 months	País Vasco	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	18
Internet users in the last 3 months	País Vasco	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	7,3
Internet users in the last 3 months	País Vasco	Other reasons	9,5
Internet users in the last 3 months	Rioja, La	Total	219.974
Internet users in the last 3 months	Rioja, La	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	15,3
Internet users in the last 3 months	Rioja, La	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	6,5
Internet users in the last 3 months	Rioja, La	Other reasons	13
Internet users in the last 3 months	Ceuta	Total	56.878
Internet users in the last 3 months	Ceuta	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	15,6
Internet users in the last 3 months	Ceuta	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	0,7
Internet users in the last 3 months	Ceuta	Other reasons	11,6
Internet users in the last 3 months	Melilla	Total	60.118
Internet users in the last 3 months	Melilla	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	20,4
Internet users in the last 3 months	Melilla	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	14,5
Internet users in the last 3 months	Melilla	Other reasons	11,4
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	National Total	Total	10.303.961
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	National Total	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	66,5
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	National Total	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	33,5
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	National Total	Other reasons	46,2
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Andalucía	Total	1.856.861
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Andalucía	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	68,5
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Andalucía	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	33,9
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Andalucía	Other reasons	45,2
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Aragón	Total	288.465
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Aragón	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	59,8
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Aragón	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	36,7
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Aragón	Other reasons	41
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Asturias, Principado de	Total	226.902
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Asturias, Principado de	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	66,5
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Asturias, Principado de	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	33,6
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Asturias, Principado de	Other reasons	44,3
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Balears, Illes	Total	277.812
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Balears, Illes	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	64,5
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Balears, Illes	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	38,1
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Balears, Illes	Other reasons	45,9
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Canarias	Total	426.022
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Canarias	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	67,5
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Canarias	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	35,2
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Canarias	Other reasons	49,6
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Cantabria	Total	120.617
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Cantabria	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	59,5
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Cantabria	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	29,9
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Cantabria	Other reasons	46,2
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Castilla y León	Total	494.029
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Castilla y León	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	63,6
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Castilla y León	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	32,8
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Castilla y León	Other reasons	46,9
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Castilla-La Mancha	Total	451.104
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Castilla-La Mancha	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	63
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Castilla-La Mancha	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	41,2
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Castilla-La Mancha	Other reasons	53,8
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Cataluña	Total	1.843.649
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Cataluña	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	69,5
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Cataluña	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	32,4
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Cataluña	Other reasons	44
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Comunitat Valenciana	Total	1.200.977
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Comunitat Valenciana	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	62
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Comunitat Valenciana	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	35,8
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Comunitat Valenciana	Other reasons	51,4
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Extremadura	Total	203.940
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Extremadura	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	62,3
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Extremadura	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	38,3
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Extremadura	Other reasons	43,2
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Galicia	Total	508.210
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Galicia	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	76,3
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Galicia	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	33,1
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Galicia	Other reasons	43,2
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Madrid, Comunidad de	Total	1.473.767
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Madrid, Comunidad de	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	65,1
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Madrid, Comunidad de	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	28,8
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Madrid, Comunidad de	Other reasons	45,9
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Murcia, Región de	Total	332.847
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Murcia, Región de	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	57,1
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Murcia, Región de	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	35,6
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Murcia, Región de	Other reasons	49,5
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Total	136.788
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	69,8
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	39
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Other reasons	49,3
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	País Vasco	Total	370.993
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	País Vasco	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	74,2
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	País Vasco	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	29,9
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	País Vasco	Other reasons	39,3
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Rioja, La	Total	58.486
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Rioja, La	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	57,5
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Rioja, La	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	24,5
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Rioja, La	Other reasons	48,9
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Ceuta	Total	14.801
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Ceuta	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	59,8
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Ceuta	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	2,8
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Ceuta	Other reasons	44,6
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Melilla	Total	17.691
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Melilla	Knowing that the information, content or source was not reliable	69,4
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Melilla	Lack of skills or knowledge to verify information	49,3
People who have not verified dubious information seen on the Internet in the last 3 months	Melilla	Other reasons	38,8