Among Taiwanese intellectuals, he was widely recognized as a pioneer. And among ordinary citizens he was revered as a charismatic leader, a guiding force for cultural renaissance and a dedicated opponent of the injustices of the colonial regime.
在日本總督府眼中，蔣渭水是亟欲除之而後快的黑名單頭號人物；在台灣知識菁英間，他是公認的先知先覺者，同時也是普羅百姓景仰的文化啟蒙導師、對抗不平等殖民政權中最具號召力的領袖。