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Would you travel for a total solar eclipse?

A total solar eclipse crossed Iceland, Greenland and northern Spain and Portugal on 12 August and drew crowds to the path. Almost everywhere else followed it from a distance.

32%No, but I would watch one if it passed over my areaQuestion 1
36%Read or watched news coverageQuestion 2

Question by question

Question 1Pick one
Have you ever seen a total solar eclipse in person?
No, but I would watch one if it passed over my area32%199
Yes, I have seen one in person27%172
No, and I would not travel to see one21%132
No, but I would travel a long way to see one20%126
Question 2Pick multiple
How did you follow the eclipse over Spain this month? Pick up to three.
Voters chose more than one answer, so these shares add up to more than 100%.
Read or watched news coverage36%229
Saw photos or clips on social media36%229
Watched a livestream31%198
Talked about it with friends or family24%148
I did not follow it at all18%113
Other (tell us)2%11
In their own words

Most respondents did not actually follow the eclipse coverage, with several noting they missed it entirely, often due to being at work or unaware it was happening. Among those who did engage with it, the experience was firsthand — watching it in person rather than through media or online coverage. Overall, genuine engagement with eclipse coverage was limited within this group.

A themes summary of 11 written-in answers. Individual answers are kept private.
Who answered, and how we count itSampling, free-text handling and full methodology629
Verified humans
629

Every ballot is one World ID holder. No bots, no repeat voting, no weighting applied.

Margin at 95%
±3.9 pts

Sampling error for this many ballots. The crowd is self-selected, so this is not a representative panel.

Written-in answers
11

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Aggregate results from verified voters. Free-text answers are summarised into themes; individual responses are kept private and never shown. A read-only record of what World ID holders expressed in our polls — not VoxPop predictions, and not financial advice.

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