 Usage data from New Zealand shows that the depression.org web site was visited by 700,000 people in its first year the population of New Zealand is 4.2 million with 20,000 registered with The Journal and 13,000 active users. About 1500 people a month register to start the program with about three quarters of people recording significant improvement. Although the program was designed for depression of mild to moderate severity the evidence shows that nearly a third of people who access the program have more severe depression. The mean PHQ-9 score at the start of the program is 16 which reduces to 10 after 3 sessions and 7 by the end of the program. The change in depression scores is most marked for severe depression with only 5 of people scoring in the severe range at the end of the program. 