The enlightenment efforts of the TCA made such a deep impression on society that the movement, which originally was led by young intellectuals, became transformed into a more practically oriented one that included more ordinary people and was more directed to the problems of the common man.
文化協會的啟蒙運動深入民間，使得由知識菁英主導的啟蒙運動逐漸轉化為平民化、大眾化的實際運動，無形中造成日後台灣農運、工運、學運的興起，但卻也埋下了文化協會分裂的種子。