Getting Started Guide

Go to app.govfeeds.com and start your free 14-day trial — no credit card required. Already have an account? Sign in with your email and password, or have a one-click sign-in link emailed to you.

• Your work email is your login — use one you check often
• Prefer no password? Choose “Email me a sign-in link”
• Your trial status and renewal date live in the Account panel

The search bar is the fastest path to value — type any topic, phrase, or hashtag to see how thousands of peer governments are messaging on it. Open Advanced Search to narrow by state, unit type, specific agency, date range, engagement, platform, or population band.

• Start broad: “road closure,” “budget vote,” “fall festival”
• Leave the box empty to browse all recent posts
• Filter by population band to compare with similar-sized communities
• Spans Facebook, Instagram, X, and more — mix platforms as you like

Scroll the results in list or grid view. Every post shows the agency, location, date, the post itself, and its engagement. Found a batch worth keeping? Export the current results to CSV.

• Switch between list (more context) and grid (scan faster)
• Open any post to view the original on the agency’s page
• Click Download current posts as CSV for your own analysis

Below the results, the Analytics section turns your search into a picture. Click any chart to generate it on your current results — posting timeline, top hashtags, a keyword word cloud, theme treemap, engagement trends, and your most-engaged peer agencies.

• Charts always reflect your current search + filters
• Top 20 Hashtags — the tags peers actually use for your topic
• Word cloud — the language that resonates with residents
• Theme Treemap — what your peers post about most

GovFeeds AI is a communications assistant grounded in nearly a million real posts from ~5,000 peer governments. Ask how others handle a topic, request real examples, or have it draft a post in seconds — every answer cites the peer posts it’s built on. When a question falls outside our data, it runs a clearly-labeled web search, so you’re never left empty-handed.

• Try: “How are other cities announcing water main breaks?”
• Ask it to “draft a Facebook post for a boil-water advisory”
• Paste an image (Cmd/Ctrl+V) and ask for a caption
• Every claim is sourced — see the exact peer posts behind it

Subscribers receive a monthly GovFeeds Benchmarking Report — a polished PDF comparing your posting volume, engagement, and content themes against statewide peers, with specific recommendations. Find every report under Client Reports; on a trial you’ll see an anonymized sample so you know exactly what’s coming.

• Ranks you by percentile against comparable governments
• The Bottom Line Up Front gives you the headline in seconds
• Colleagues you add see your organization’s reports too