# Why Does the US Rank so Low in Smart Cities

By Ruari McCallion · Published 2021-08-27 · Updated 2026-07-23 · Industrial IoT on MarketScale
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> Question: Why does the US rank low in the worlds top smart cities? What areas of the world are in prime position for the smart cities of the future? We know that smart cities and smart devices are become increasingly common, but the United States still ranks surprisingly new in terms of our adoption of…

## Key points

- The US has a surprisingly low adoption rate for smart city technologies.
- Other regions are better positioned for leading future smart city developments.

Question: Why does the US rank low in the worlds [top smart cities](https://staceyoniot.com/why-the-u-s-barely-ranks-in-the-worlds-top-smart-cities/)? What areas of the world are in prime position for the smart cities of the future? We know that smart cities and smart devices are become increasingly common, but the United States still ranks surprisingly new in terms of our adoption of this technology. Why is that? And what parts of the world are in prime position for the smart cities of the future? For answers, we turned to [Ruari McCallion](https://twitter.com/RuariJM?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor), host of [All Systems Go](https://marketscale.com/shows/all-systems-go/), to give us his thoughts.

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