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The COVID-19 pandemic, which created a surge in mental health care needs and simultaneously accelerated the adoption of digital health solutions, revealed a new opportunity to quickly scale innovative solutions in the region.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n In June 2020, the Singaporean government launched mindline.sg, an anonymous digital mental health resource website that has grown to include >500 curated local mental health resources, a clinically validated self-assessment tool for depression and anxiety, an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot from Wysa designed to deliver digital therapeutic exercises, and a tailored version of the website for working adults called mindline at work. The goal of the platform is to empower Singapore residents to take charge of their own mental health and to be able to offer basic support to those around them through the ease and convenience of a barrier-free digital solution.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n Website use is measured through click-level data analytics captured via Google Analytics and custom application programming interfaces, which in turn drive a customized analytics infrastructure based on the open-source platforms Titanium Database and Metabase. Unique, nonbounced (users that do not immediately navigate away from the site), engaged, and return users are reported.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n In the 2 years following launch (July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2022), the website received >447,000 visitors (approximately 15% of the target population of 3 million), 62.02% (277,727\/447,783) of whom explored the site or engaged with resources (referred to as nonbounced visitors); 10.54% (29,271\/277,727) of those nonbounced visitors returned. The most popular features on the platform were the dialogue-based therapeutic exercises delivered by the chatbot and the self-assessment tool, which were used by 25.54% (67,626\/264,758) and 11.69% (32,469\/277,727) of nonbounced visitors. On mindline at work, the rates of nonbounced visitors who engaged extensively (ie, spent \u226540 seconds exploring resources) and who returned were 51.56% (22,474\/43,588) and 13.43% (5,853\/43,588) over a year, respectively, compared to 30.9% (42,829\/138,626) and 9.97% (13,822\/138,626), respectively, on the generic mindline.sg site in the same year.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n The site has achieved desired reach and has seen a strong growth rate in the number of visitors, which required substantial and sustained digital marketing campaigns and strategic outreach partnerships. The site was careful to preserve anonymity, limiting the detail of analytics. The good levels of overall adoption encourage us to believe that mild to moderate mental health conditions and the social factors that underly them are amenable to digital interventions. 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