Reference population	Autonomous Communities and Cities	Reasons for not verifying dubious information	Total
Total persons	National total	Total	37,634,488
Total persons	National total	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	17.2
Total persons	National total	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	7.3
Total persons	National total	Other reasons	10.6
Total persons	Andalucía	Total	6,680,781
Total persons	Andalucía	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	19.0
Total persons	Andalucía	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	10.0
Total persons	Andalucía	Other reasons	10.1
Total persons	Aragón	Total	1,033,667
Total persons	Aragón	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	18.2
Total persons	Aragón	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	7.1
Total persons	Aragón	Other reasons	12.2
Total persons	Asturias, Principado de	Total	768,024
Total persons	Asturias, Principado de	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	13.1
Total persons	Asturias, Principado de	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	7.8
Total persons	Asturias, Principado de	Other reasons	7.0
Total persons	Balears, Illes	Total	979,691
Total persons	Balears, Illes	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	21.5
Total persons	Balears, Illes	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	3.9
Total persons	Balears, Illes	Other reasons	11.2
Total persons	Canarias	Total	1,808,410
Total persons	Canarias	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	16.2
Total persons	Canarias	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	4.6
Total persons	Canarias	Other reasons	10.6
Total persons	Cantabria	Total	451,971
Total persons	Cantabria	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	17.5
Total persons	Cantabria	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	6.9
Total persons	Cantabria	Other reasons	8.8
Total persons	Castilla y León	Total	1,782,950
Total persons	Castilla y León	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	15.9
Total persons	Castilla y León	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	6.0
Total persons	Castilla y León	Other reasons	8.8
Total persons	Castilla-La Mancha	Total	1,630,724
Total persons	Castilla-La Mancha	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	15.1
Total persons	Castilla-La Mancha	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	8.8
Total persons	Castilla-La Mancha	Other reasons	9.6
Total persons	Cataluña	Total	6,205,917
Total persons	Cataluña	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	17.4
Total persons	Cataluña	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	7.1
Total persons	Cataluña	Other reasons	11.6
Total persons	Comunitat Valenciana	Total	4,226,965
Total persons	Comunitat Valenciana	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	18.3
Total persons	Comunitat Valenciana	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	6.5
Total persons	Comunitat Valenciana	Other reasons	11.8
Total persons	Extremadura	Total	794,179
Total persons	Extremadura	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	17.1
Total persons	Extremadura	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	8.2
Total persons	Extremadura	Other reasons	13.4
Total persons	Galicia	Total	2,016,001
Total persons	Galicia	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	14.5
Total persons	Galicia	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	6.8
Total persons	Galicia	Other reasons	9.2
Total persons	Madrid, Comunidad de	Total	5,473,408
Total persons	Madrid, Comunidad de	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	16.5
Total persons	Madrid, Comunidad de	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	6.7
Total persons	Madrid, Comunidad de	Other reasons	10.8
Total persons	Murcia, Región de	Total	1,217,146
Total persons	Murcia, Región de	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	14.2
Total persons	Murcia, Región de	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	7.2
Total persons	Murcia, Región de	Other reasons	8.0
Total persons	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Total	514,223
Total persons	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	18.4
Total persons	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	7.1
Total persons	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Other reasons	11.6
Total persons	País Vasco	Total	1,676,415
Total persons	País Vasco	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	18.3
Total persons	País Vasco	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	5.4
Total persons	País Vasco	Other reasons	10.9
Total persons	Rioja, La	Total	246,610
Total persons	Rioja, La	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	16.3
Total persons	Rioja, La	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	6.5
Total persons	Rioja, La	Other reasons	10.4
Total persons	Ceuta	Total	65,930
Total persons	Ceuta	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	8.3
Total persons	Ceuta	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	12.1
Total persons	Ceuta	Other reasons	6.4
Total persons	Melilla	Total	61,476
Total persons	Melilla	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	13.8
Total persons	Melilla	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	7.6
Total persons	Melilla	Other reasons	8.6
Internet users in the last 3 months	National total	Total	36,718,725
Internet users in the last 3 months	National total	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	17.7
Internet users in the last 3 months	National total	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	7.4
Internet users in the last 3 months	National total	Other reasons	10.9
Internet users in the last 3 months	Andalucía	Total	6,482,762
Internet users in the last 3 months	Andalucía	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	19.5
Internet users in the last 3 months	Andalucía	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	10.3
Internet users in the last 3 months	Andalucía	Other reasons	10.4
Internet users in the last 3 months	Aragón	Total	1,009,813
Internet users in the last 3 months	Aragón	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	18.7
Internet users in the last 3 months	Aragón	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	7.3
Internet users in the last 3 months	Aragón	Other reasons	12.5
Internet users in the last 3 months	Asturias, Principado de	Total	739,905
Internet users in the last 3 months	Asturias, Principado de	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	13.6
Internet users in the last 3 months	Asturias, Principado de	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	8.1
Internet users in the last 3 months	Asturias, Principado de	Other reasons	7.3
Internet users in the last 3 months	Balears, Illes	Total	963,517
Internet users in the last 3 months	Balears, Illes	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	21.8
Internet users in the last 3 months	Balears, Illes	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	4.0
Internet users in the last 3 months	Balears, Illes	Other reasons	11.4
Internet users in the last 3 months	Canarias	Total	1,761,353
Internet users in the last 3 months	Canarias	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	16.6
Internet users in the last 3 months	Canarias	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	4.7
Internet users in the last 3 months	Canarias	Other reasons	10.9
Internet users in the last 3 months	Cantabria	Total	435,593
Internet users in the last 3 months	Cantabria	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	18.2
Internet users in the last 3 months	Cantabria	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	7.2
Internet users in the last 3 months	Cantabria	Other reasons	9.2
Internet users in the last 3 months	Castilla y León	Total	1,705,075
Internet users in the last 3 months	Castilla y León	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	16.7
Internet users in the last 3 months	Castilla y León	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	6.3
Internet users in the last 3 months	Castilla y León	Other reasons	9.2
Internet users in the last 3 months	Castilla-La Mancha	Total	1,590,751
Internet users in the last 3 months	Castilla-La Mancha	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	15.5
Internet users in the last 3 months	Castilla-La Mancha	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	9.0
Internet users in the last 3 months	Castilla-La Mancha	Other reasons	9.8
Internet users in the last 3 months	Cataluña	Total	6,103,092
Internet users in the last 3 months	Cataluña	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	17.7
Internet users in the last 3 months	Cataluña	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	7.2
Internet users in the last 3 months	Cataluña	Other reasons	11.8
Internet users in the last 3 months	Comunitat Valenciana	Total	4,163,969
Internet users in the last 3 months	Comunitat Valenciana	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	18.6
Internet users in the last 3 months	Comunitat Valenciana	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	6.6
Internet users in the last 3 months	Comunitat Valenciana	Other reasons	12.0
Internet users in the last 3 months	Extremadura	Total	764,100
Internet users in the last 3 months	Extremadura	Knew 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 check the information	8.5
Internet users in the last 3 months	Extremadura	Other reasons	14.0
Internet users in the last 3 months	Galicia	Total	1,904,146
Internet users in the last 3 months	Galicia	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	15.3
Internet users in the last 3 months	Galicia	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	7.2
Internet users in the last 3 months	Galicia	Other reasons	9.8
Internet users in the last 3 months	Madrid, Comunidad de	Total	5,401,166
Internet users in the last 3 months	Madrid, Comunidad de	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	16.7
Internet users in the last 3 months	Madrid, Comunidad de	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	6.8
Internet users in the last 3 months	Madrid, Comunidad de	Other reasons	11.0
Internet users in the last 3 months	Murcia, Región de	Total	1,178,230
Internet users in the last 3 months	Murcia, Región de	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	14.7
Internet users in the last 3 months	Murcia, Región de	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	7.4
Internet users in the last 3 months	Murcia, Región de	Other reasons	8.3
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	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	18.8
Internet users in the last 3 months	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	7.3
Internet users in the last 3 months	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Other reasons	11.8
Internet users in the last 3 months	País Vasco	Total	1,648,633
Internet users in the last 3 months	País Vasco	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	18.6
Internet users in the last 3 months	País Vasco	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	5.5
Internet users in the last 3 months	País Vasco	Other reasons	11.1
Internet users in the last 3 months	Rioja, La	Total	236,656
Internet users in the last 3 months	Rioja, La	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	17.0
Internet users in the last 3 months	Rioja, La	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	6.8
Internet users in the last 3 months	Rioja, La	Other reasons	10.9
Internet users in the last 3 months	Ceuta	Total	65,512
Internet users in the last 3 months	Ceuta	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	8.4
Internet users in the last 3 months	Ceuta	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	12.2
Internet users in the last 3 months	Ceuta	Other reasons	6.5
Internet users in the last 3 months	Melilla	Total	60,975
Internet users in the last 3 months	Melilla	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	14.0
Internet users in the last 3 months	Melilla	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	7.6
Internet users in the last 3 months	Melilla	Other reasons	8.6
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	National total	Total	11,793,064
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	National total	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	55.0
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	National total	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	23.2
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	National total	Other reasons	33.8
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Andalucía	Total	2,319,477
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Andalucía	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	54.6
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Andalucía	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	28.7
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Andalucía	Other reasons	29.0
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Aragón	Total	348,029
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Aragón	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	54.2
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Aragón	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	21.0
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Aragón	Other reasons	36.2
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Asturias, Principado de	Total	197,731
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Asturias, Principado de	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	51.0
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Asturias, Principado de	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	30.2
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Asturias, Principado de	Other reasons	27.4
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Balears, Illes	Total	333,563
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Balears, Illes	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	63.1
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Balears, Illes	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	11.5
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Balears, Illes	Other reasons	32.9
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Canarias	Total	533,167
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Canarias	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	54.9
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Canarias	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	15.6
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Canarias	Other reasons	36.1
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Cantabria	Total	133,297
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Cantabria	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	59.4
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Cantabria	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	23.5
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Cantabria	Other reasons	29.9
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Castilla y León	Total	496,957
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Castilla y León	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	57.2
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Castilla y León	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	21.7
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Castilla y León	Other reasons	31.7
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Castilla-La Mancha	Total	479,661
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Castilla-La Mancha	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	51.5
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Castilla-La Mancha	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	30.0
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Castilla-La Mancha	Other reasons	32.6
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Cataluña	Total	2,023,555
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Cataluña	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	53.5
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Cataluña	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	21.8
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Cataluña	Other reasons	35.6
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Comunitat Valenciana	Total	1,344,247
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Comunitat Valenciana	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	57.5
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Comunitat Valenciana	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	20.4
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Comunitat Valenciana	Other reasons	37.2
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Extremadura	Total	270,049
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Extremadura	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	50.3
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Extremadura	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	24.1
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Extremadura	Other reasons	39.5
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Galicia	Total	542,531
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Galicia	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	53.7
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Galicia	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	25.3
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Galicia	Other reasons	34.2
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Madrid, Comunidad de	Total	1,638,050
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Madrid, Comunidad de	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	55.1
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Madrid, Comunidad de	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	22.5
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Madrid, Comunidad de	Other reasons	36.2
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Murcia, Región de	Total	325,527
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Murcia, Región de	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	53.1
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Murcia, Región de	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	26.9
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Murcia, Región de	Other reasons	29.9
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Total	173,558
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	54.5
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	21.1
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	Other reasons	34.3
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	País Vasco	Total	526,643
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	País Vasco	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	58.4
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	País Vasco	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	17.3
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	País Vasco	Other reasons	34.8
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Rioja, La	Total	73,754
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Rioja, La	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	54.5
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Rioja, La	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	21.7
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Rioja, La	Other reasons	34.9
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Ceuta	Total	17,721
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Ceuta	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	30.9
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Ceuta	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	45.1
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Ceuta	Other reasons	24.0
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Melilla	Total	15,548
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Melilla	Knew that the information, content or source was not reliable	54.8
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Melilla	Lack of skills or knowledge to check the information	29.9
Persons who have not verified dubious information seen online in the last 3 months	Melilla	Other reasons	33.9