A study conducted by Currys has listed Oldham in the top 10 ‘most tech smart’ in the UK.

The study analysed 34 cities across the UK against five different categories of smart technology: security, energy, entertainment, fitness, and connectivity.

The research used the Google Ads API to analyse each city against keywords for each category over the last 12 months of accumulated data, up to March 2023.

Currys then weighted the results against the population and scored the figures against each other out of 10.

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The results may surprise southerners – northerners were said to be ‘leading the charge’ in smart tech, with London not making the top 15.

The most popular smart technology was smart fitness, with the study finding 2,335,925 searches annually for the products.

Oldham was listed as eighth highest overall.

Gateshead, Bolton, Wakefield, Salford, and Brighton were the areas with the highest level of interest in smart tech, with Gateshead coming top of the rankings for smart energy consciousness.

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Oldhamers were fourth highest in interest for smart fitness technology, having comparatively lower interest in other smart devices.

Newcastle upon Tyne was the most interested in smart fitness technology according to the Currys research, with interest in technology such as Apple watches, Fitness trackers, smart weighing scales and more.

Bolton and Burnley were second and third place, ahead of Oldham