The survey found that 66.9% of Spaniards support funding basic science even when it carries no immediate practical return, and 79.4% believe that research results should be made public when public money paid for them. On government involvement, 81.8% want more investment in science and technology from the national government, and 77.6% want more involvement from regional governments and from private companies alike. Despite that appetite, 47.3% of respondents said the scientific information currently available to them is insufficient.

The survey also found a split by gender within the 25-34 age group: women in that bracket are more likely to take part in specific scientific campaigns, while men are more likely to join public debates about science.

Iñigo Bretos, a researcher at the Institute of Materials Science of Madrid, part of the Spanish National Research Council, said scientific dissemination is now treated as a social responsibility rather than an optional add-on to research work. He pointed to Spain's 2022 Science Law, which made the promotion of scientific culture a national objective, and argued that because research is largely funded publicly, the public has a claim on access to its results. Bretos also said that citizens who are better informed about science make for higher-quality democratic decisions.

Candela Antón, an anthropologist and science communicator with more than one million followers on Instagram under the handle @candeliousfang, launched a project called Mpathy this year that funds scientific storytelling through subscriptions. The project covers human evolution, research from outside Europe such as Argentina's Global Ecosystem Dynamics program, and emerging fields including neuromaternal science. Antón said the goal is to humanize science by showing the process behind research, not just its conclusions.

Pampa García Molina, coordinator of the Science Media Center España, said science journalism in Spain has matured to the point of covering both scientific advances and the controversies surrounding them. She said social media has helped make science part of mainstream conversation, but added that the same platforms raise the risk of low-quality content circulating alongside credible reporting.