Reference population	Autonomous Communities and Cities	Means of verifying dubious information	Total
Total persons	National total	Total	37,634,488
Total persons	National total	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	36.6
Total persons	National total	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	7.6
Total persons	National total	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	22.3
Total persons	Andalucía	Total	6,680,781
Total persons	Andalucía	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	32.7
Total persons	Andalucía	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	7.2
Total persons	Andalucía	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	20.2
Total persons	Aragón	Total	1,033,667
Total persons	Aragón	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	29.9
Total persons	Aragón	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	7.4
Total persons	Aragón	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	18.3
Total persons	Asturias, Principado de	Total	768,024
Total persons	Asturias, Principado de	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	39.5
Total persons	Asturias, Principado de	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	7.4
Total persons	Asturias, Principado de	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	21.8
Total persons	Balears, Illes	Total	979,691
Total persons	Balears, Illes	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	36.4
Total persons	Balears, Illes	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	8.5
Total persons	Balears, Illes	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	22.9
Total persons	Canarias	Total	1,808,410
Total persons	Canarias	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	39.4
Total persons	Canarias	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	7.8
Total persons	Canarias	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	25.1
Total persons	Cantabria	Total	451,971
Total persons	Cantabria	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	34.7
Total persons	Cantabria	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	6.7
Total persons	Cantabria	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	19.8
Total persons	Castilla y León	Total	1,782,950
Total persons	Castilla y León	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	37.5
Total persons	Castilla y León	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	7.5
Total persons	Castilla y León	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	22.2
Total persons	Castilla-La Mancha	Total	1,630,724
Total persons	Castilla-La Mancha	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	39.0
Total persons	Castilla-La Mancha	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	6.8
Total persons	Castilla-La Mancha	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	20.3
Total persons	Cataluña	Total	6,205,917
Total persons	Cataluña	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	37.3
Total persons	Cataluña	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	8.6
Total persons	Cataluña	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	22.9
Total persons	Comunitat Valenciana	Total	4,226,965
Total persons	Comunitat Valenciana	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	39.0
Total persons	Comunitat Valenciana	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	7.2
Total persons	Comunitat Valenciana	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	24.2
Total persons	Extremadura	Total	794,179
Total persons	Extremadura	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	32.4
Total persons	Extremadura	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	3.9
Total persons	Extremadura	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	17.8
Total persons	Galicia	Total	2,016,001
Total persons	Galicia	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	37.8
Total persons	Galicia	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	8.3
Total persons	Galicia	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	23.4
Total persons	Madrid, Comunidad de	Total	5,473,408
Total persons	Madrid, Comunidad de	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	39.8
Total persons	Madrid, Comunidad de	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	8.0
Total persons	Madrid, Comunidad de	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	25.7
Total persons	Murcia, Región de	Total	1,217,146
Total persons	Murcia, Región de	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	36.9
Total persons	Murcia, Región de	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	8.2
Total persons	Murcia, Región de	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	21.2
Total persons	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Total	514,223
Total persons	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	34.5
Total persons	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	8.9
Total persons	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	20.7
Total persons	País Vasco	Total	1,676,415
Total persons	País Vasco	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	31.3
Total persons	País Vasco	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	7.1
Total persons	País Vasco	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	17.4
Total persons	Rioja, La	Total	246,610
Total persons	Rioja, La	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	35.8
Total persons	Rioja, La	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	5.6
Total persons	Rioja, La	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	24.2
Total persons	Ceuta	Total	65,930
Total persons	Ceuta	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	35.4
Total persons	Ceuta	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	2.9
Total persons	Ceuta	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	21.7
Total persons	Melilla	Total	61,476
Total persons	Melilla	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	35.6
Total persons	Melilla	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	7.9
Total persons	Melilla	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	18.4
Internet users in the last 3 months	National total	Total	36,718,725
Internet users in the last 3 months	National total	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	37.5
Internet users in the last 3 months	National total	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	7.8
Internet users in the last 3 months	National total	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	22.9
Internet users in the last 3 months	Andalucía	Total	6,482,762
Internet users in the last 3 months	Andalucía	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	33.7
Internet users in the last 3 months	Andalucía	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	7.4
Internet users in the last 3 months	Andalucía	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	20.8
Internet users in the last 3 months	Aragón	Total	1,009,813
Internet users in the last 3 months	Aragón	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	30.6
Internet users in the last 3 months	Aragón	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	7.5
Internet users in the last 3 months	Aragón	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	18.7
Internet users in the last 3 months	Asturias, Principado de	Total	739,905
Internet users in the last 3 months	Asturias, Principado de	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	41.0
Internet users in the last 3 months	Asturias, Principado de	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	7.6
Internet users in the last 3 months	Asturias, Principado de	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	22.6
Internet users in the last 3 months	Balears, Illes	Total	963,517
Internet users in the last 3 months	Balears, Illes	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	37.1
Internet users in the last 3 months	Balears, Illes	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	8.6
Internet users in the last 3 months	Balears, Illes	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	23.2
Internet users in the last 3 months	Canarias	Total	1,761,353
Internet users in the last 3 months	Canarias	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	40.5
Internet users in the last 3 months	Canarias	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	8.1
Internet users in the last 3 months	Canarias	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	25.8
Internet users in the last 3 months	Cantabria	Total	435,593
Internet users in the last 3 months	Cantabria	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	36.0
Internet users in the last 3 months	Cantabria	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	6.9
Internet users in the last 3 months	Cantabria	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	20.5
Internet users in the last 3 months	Castilla y León	Total	1,705,075
Internet users in the last 3 months	Castilla y León	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	39.2
Internet users in the last 3 months	Castilla y León	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	7.8
Internet users in the last 3 months	Castilla y León	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	23.2
Internet users in the last 3 months	Castilla-La Mancha	Total	1,590,751
Internet users in the last 3 months	Castilla-La Mancha	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	39.9
Internet users in the last 3 months	Castilla-La Mancha	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	7.0
Internet users in the last 3 months	Castilla-La Mancha	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	20.8
Internet users in the last 3 months	Cataluña	Total	6,103,092
Internet users in the last 3 months	Cataluña	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	37.9
Internet users in the last 3 months	Cataluña	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	8.8
Internet users in the last 3 months	Cataluña	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	23.3
Internet users in the last 3 months	Comunitat Valenciana	Total	4,163,969
Internet users in the last 3 months	Comunitat Valenciana	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	39.6
Internet users in the last 3 months	Comunitat Valenciana	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	7.3
Internet users in the last 3 months	Comunitat Valenciana	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	24.6
Internet users in the last 3 months	Extremadura	Total	764,100
Internet users in the last 3 months	Extremadura	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	33.7
Internet users in the last 3 months	Extremadura	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	4.1
Internet users in the last 3 months	Extremadura	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	18.5
Internet users in the last 3 months	Galicia	Total	1,904,146
Internet users in the last 3 months	Galicia	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	40.0
Internet users in the last 3 months	Galicia	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	8.8
Internet users in the last 3 months	Galicia	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	24.7
Internet users in the last 3 months	Madrid, Comunidad de	Total	5,401,166
Internet users in the last 3 months	Madrid, Comunidad de	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	40.4
Internet users in the last 3 months	Madrid, Comunidad de	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	8.1
Internet users in the last 3 months	Madrid, Comunidad de	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	26.0
Internet users in the last 3 months	Murcia, Región de	Total	1,178,230
Internet users in the last 3 months	Murcia, Región de	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	38.1
Internet users in the last 3 months	Murcia, Región de	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	8.4
Internet users in the last 3 months	Murcia, Región de	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	21.9
Internet users in the last 3 months	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Total	503,477
Internet users in the last 3 months	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	35.2
Internet users in the last 3 months	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	9.1
Internet users in the last 3 months	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	21.1
Internet users in the last 3 months	País Vasco	Total	1,648,633
Internet users in the last 3 months	País Vasco	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	31.8
Internet users in the last 3 months	País Vasco	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	7.3
Internet users in the last 3 months	País Vasco	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	17.7
Internet users in the last 3 months	Rioja, La	Total	236,656
Internet users in the last 3 months	Rioja, La	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	37.3
Internet users in the last 3 months	Rioja, La	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	5.9
Internet users in the last 3 months	Rioja, La	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	25.2
Internet users in the last 3 months	Ceuta	Total	65,512
Internet users in the last 3 months	Ceuta	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	35.6
Internet users in the last 3 months	Ceuta	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	2.9
Internet users in the last 3 months	Ceuta	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	21.8
Internet users in the last 3 months	Melilla	Total	60,975
Internet users in the last 3 months	Melilla	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	35.9
Internet users in the last 3 months	Melilla	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	8.0
Internet users in the last 3 months	Melilla	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	18.5
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	National total	Total	14,744,271
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	National total	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	93.4
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	National total	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	19.5
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	National total	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	57.0
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Andalucía	Total	2,365,251
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Andalucía	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	92.2
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Andalucía	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	20.3
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Andalucía	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	57.0
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Aragón	Total	341,245
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Aragón	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	90.7
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Aragón	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	22.3
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Aragón	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	55.5
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Asturias, Principado de	Total	311,600
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Asturias, Principado de	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	97.4
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Asturias, Principado de	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	18.2
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Asturias, Principado de	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	53.7
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Balears, Illes	Total	380,155
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Balears, Illes	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	93.9
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Balears, Illes	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	21.9
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Balears, Illes	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	58.9
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Canarias	Total	777,644
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Canarias	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	91.7
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Canarias	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	18.3
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Canarias	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	58.5
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Cantabria	Total	167,352
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Cantabria	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	93.6
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Cantabria	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	18.0
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Cantabria	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	53.4
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Castilla y León	Total	711,664
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Castilla y León	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	93.9
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Castilla y León	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	18.7
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Castilla y León	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	55.6
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Castilla-La Mancha	Total	651,249
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Castilla-La Mancha	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	97.5
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Castilla-La Mancha	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	17.1
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Castilla-La Mancha	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	50.8
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Cataluña	Total	2,513,067
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Cataluña	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	92.1
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Cataluña	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	21.3
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Cataluña	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	56.5
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Comunitat Valenciana	Total	1,773,588
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Comunitat Valenciana	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	93.0
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Comunitat Valenciana	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	17.1
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Comunitat Valenciana	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	57.7
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Extremadura	Total	272,880
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Extremadura	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	94.3
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Extremadura	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	11.3
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Extremadura	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	51.7
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Galicia	Total	804,491
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Galicia	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	94.7
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Galicia	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	20.9
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Galicia	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	58.5
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Madrid, Comunidad de	Total	2,314,134
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Madrid, Comunidad de	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	94.2
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Madrid, Comunidad de	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	18.9
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Madrid, Comunidad de	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	60.7
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Murcia, Región de	Total	479,283
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Murcia, Región de	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	93.7
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Murcia, Región de	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	20.8
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Murcia, Región de	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	53.9
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Total	184,485
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	96.0
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	24.8
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	57.7
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	País Vasco	Total	552,427
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	País Vasco	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	95.0
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	País Vasco	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	21.7
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	País Vasco	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	52.7
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Rioja, La	Total	95,354
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Rioja, La	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	92.6
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Rioja, La	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	14.6
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Rioja, La	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	62.6
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Ceuta	Total	25,522
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Ceuta	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	91.5
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Ceuta	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	7.5
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Ceuta	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	56.0
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Melilla	Total	22,881
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Melilla	Checked the sources or found information on the Internet	95.7
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Melilla	Followed or took part in online discussions about the information	21.3
Persons who have verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Melilla	Discussed the information with other people or used other sources outside the Internet	49.4