• Boston
• San Francisco
• Seattle
• Vancouver
• New York City
• Washington D.C.
• Toronto
• Chicago
• Los Angeles
• Montreal

While these are the overall rankings, individual category rankings were somewhat varied. New York City was ranked first when it came to smart mobility, thanks to the city's open data efforts and events like NYC Big Apps.

Seattle ranked first in smart governance, based on the city's use of RFIDs to track waste as well as its use of Twitter to communicate about stolen vehicles. Seattle Police also announced a program in Oct. that allows residents to monitor crime in realtime through a program called Tweets-by-Beat.

San Francisco ranked first in smart environment, thanks to high rankings in energy, buildings, waste and air quality measurements. The city also tied for first place with Boston for smartest people, as the city is a known center of innovation, home to organizations such as Code For America.