According to polls conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, in December 2018, 44% of adult Ukrainians were ready to take part in protest actions. Compared to previous years, the level of readiness to participate in social protests, at first, increased from 43% in December 2014 to 49% in December 2016, then decreased to 40% in December 2017, and equaled 44% in December 2018. At the same time, the proportion of those who said they were not ready to take part in any mass protests was 53% in 2017, and 49% in 2018.

The poll conducted in October 2018 showed that 43% of respondents trust the data of sociological organizations that have been operating for a long time already, 20% - do not trust, others do not have an opinion about this. The level of trust to these sociological surveys has decreased by 4 percentage points over the last year (from 47% in 2017 to 43% in 2018). The balance of trust and mistrust (the percentage of those who trust minus the percentage of those who do not trust) is + 23% (it was + 36% in 2016 and 2017).

The most trusted category among the Ukrainians is ordinary people living nearby (68%), volunteers who are helping the army and displaced people (63% and 61%), the church (51%), and the armed forces of Ukraine (51%). The least trust belongs to the government of Ukraine (11%), the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (8%) and Russian media (4%). In general, the level of trust in some institutions has changed somewhat over the year.

The data of the research that was conducted at the request of the public organization "All-Ukrainian Blockchain Association" by Kyiv International Institute of Sociology was presented on December 19, 2018 during the presentation of the "Koalitsiia natsionalnoi yednosti (Coalition of National Unity)" initiative at a press conference in the Ukrainian Crisis Media Center. Below are the major results of this survey.

Compared to previous periods, the biggest increase is observed in the importance of celebrating the Independence Day, and importance of holidays such as the Day of the Defender of Ukraine and the Constitution Day also increased. The share of the population for which the International Women's Day was among the favorite holidays slightly decreased. New Year, Christmas, and Easter are stably among top-3 holidays.