See what works on social media for local governments like yours,and validate your strategy.

GovFeeds brings together social-media engagement from 5,000+ U.S. cities and counties — so you can see what’s working for real peers, borrow it, and measure your own results to back your decisions when leadership, your board, or residents ask.

  • Peer insights, no enterprise contract
  • From $80/month
  • 14-day free trial
  • No credit card
  • No sales call

The checkout is the signup — your account is created the moment you check out, and you’re in the app about two minutes later. Prefer numbers first? Get a free benchmark for your city or county.

Built from interviews with 70 local-government communications professionals. By Public Square Analytics, State College, PA.

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The GovFeeds app: searching 5,000+ peer city and county government social-media posts, filtered by state, population, engagement level, and platform.
5,000+
Gov accounts tracked
1M+
Posts indexed
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States covered
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Data refresh

Used by local-government communications teams in North Carolina, Virginia, Texas, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington, Minnesota & beyond.

See it in action

A 90-second tour of GovFeeds.

Search what peer governments actually posted, filter to communities like yours, and let GovFeeds AI surface what’s working — the whole product in about a minute and a half.

GovFeeds demo: a 90-second tour of how local governments see what’s working in peer communities

Watch more on our YouTube channel →

The job

When leadership asks “is this the right approach?”

Local-government communications staff work in high-scrutiny environments. Every social-media decision can land in front of a council member, a city manager, or a journalist asking why you chose that headline, that photo, that posting time.

Most teams answer with what feels right. The good ones answer with evidence.

The answer

GovFeeds is the authority layer.

  • Data when leadership questions your approach.
  • Peer examples when council asks what others are doing.
  • Peer context when you defend a strategy choice.
Why GovFeeds

You don’t need a platform. You need an answer.

The tools built for governments cost five figures and take months to roll out. The tools that are affordable were built for brands and don’t know your peers exist. GovFeeds is the third option.

Enterprise civic platforms

Powerful, but heavy

  • $20,000+ annual contracts
  • RFP, procurement, committee
  • Months to onboard
  • Built to do everything
Marketing / brand tools

Good analytics, wrong audience

  • $200–400/mo, per seat
  • No government peer set
  • You round up peer accounts by hand
  • Built for brands, not cities
GovFeeds

Government-specific. Peer-learning first.

  • From $80/month, transparent
  • Self-serve — live before lunch
  • Your real peers, already in the data
  • One job, done well

See the full comparison →

Capabilities

See what works. Borrow it. Prove it.

Not a generic social-listening tool. GovFeeds does the two things civic communicators need most: borrow what’s working from peer governments, and prove your results to the people you answer to.

See what your peers post

Every post from every U.S. city and county government account we track — across Facebook, Instagram, and X, updated daily. See what’s working across governments like yours.

Find what works, then borrow it

Filter by topic, geography, population, engagement tier, and post type to surface the highest-performing posts from peers — then borrow the approach.

Learn from peer governments

Auto-generated insights drawn from what’s working across peer governments — no spreadsheet wrangling. The evidence you bring when council asks what’s driving results.

Monthly custom reports

A custom monthly report on the accounts you choose, with insights drawn from the peers you choose — ready to drop into your update to leadership.

Ask GovFeeds AI — optional by design

An in-app assistant that answers questions about the data and helps draft posts, grounded in real government posts. And because some agencies restrict generative AI, it’s fully optional: an admin can turn GovFeeds AI off for your organization entirely, so the AI features simply don’t appear. See what 570 governments are saying about AI →

See how it works →

Used by civic comms teams

What customers say.

We are living for these benchmark reports!

CD
Communications DirectorMunicipal Government, Texas

A terrific tool.

TM
Town ManagerMassachusetts

An exceptional way for people to look for ideas and comparisons.

CS
Communications SpecialistMunicipal Government, Iowa

A powerful tool for someone operating in local government communication.

CO
City OfficialVirginia

I really like the tool!

PR
PR & Marketing DirectorCounty Government, North Carolina

Fantastic — a great tool and so easy to use.

CM
Communication ManagerMunicipal Government, Virginia

I am so impressed. This information is incredibly useful.

TM
Assistant Town ManagerNorth Carolina

So pleased and can’t wait to share this with our team.

GM
Municipal Government ManagerNorth Carolina

Definitely a great tool!

CE
Director of Community EngagementCounty Government, Virginia
Use it when

The moments GovFeeds earns its keep.

Budget defense

Justify your comms budget with peer benchmarks that show what comparable governments invest and achieve.

The council presentation

Walk in with a one-slide peer snapshot instead of a gut feeling — what’s working across comparable governments, with your own results in context.

The annual report

Pull a year of engagement benchmarks for your annual communications report in minutes, not days.

Justifying a strategy change

Show leadership what’s working for peer governments before you ask to try it here.

Onboarding a new director

Give a new comms lead an instant map of what’s resonating across peer governments — and where to start.

Content planning

See which post types and topics are driving engagement for governments like yours this week.

Pricing

Simple team pricing. Or try it free for 14 days.

No credit card to start. Flat team pricing, no sales call. Two simple plans — from $80/month for your whole team — and at under $2,000/year it sits under most purchasing-card limits, so there’s usually no RFP or procurement to wait on.

Common questions

GovFeeds, in plain terms.

What is GovFeeds?

GovFeeds is a social-media benchmarking tool for U.S. local government. It tracks public engagement from 5,000+ city and county accounts on Facebook, Instagram, and X, so you can see what’s working for peer communities, borrow it, and benchmark your own results. It’s flat team pricing from $80/month, with a 14-day free trial.

How do I see how my city’s social media compares to other cities?

Search GovFeeds for a topic, filter to peers by state, population, and post type, and you’ll see how engagement on similar posts compares across 5,000+ governments — and where your own results land. No spreadsheets or hand-built peer lists.

What should a city or county post on social media?

Start with what’s already working for peers. GovFeeds surfaces the posts driving the most engagement across thousands of local governments by topic — events, public safety, infrastructure, parks, recognition — so you can adapt proven ideas instead of guessing.

How much does GovFeeds cost?

Flat team pricing: $80/month (up to 5 users) or $160/month (up to 25), with a 14-day free trial that needs no credit card and no sales call. Annual options save two months, and at under $2,000/year it usually fits a PIO’s purchasing-card budget, under most local procurement thresholds. A smaller town or one-person shop? Email bruce@publicsquareanalytics.com for a discount.

How do I create an account?

The checkout is the signup — there’s no separate registration form. Pick a plan on the pricing page and check out with your email; your team’s account is created on the spot, you’re signed in immediately, and a welcome email follows so teammates can join. Details on the signup page.

Who is GovFeeds for?

Local-government communicators — PIOs, communications and social-media managers — and the city and county managers they report to.

Which platforms and governments does it cover?

Public posts from 5,000+ U.S. city and county government accounts across Facebook (deepest), Instagram, and X, in all 50 states, refreshed daily.

Try GovFeeds free for 14 days.

No credit card. No sales call. Setup takes 60 seconds — and a real person is on the other end if you need a hand.