Always a chance it still takes off, just need the right tool/library. Ruby was around a good while before Rails made it blast into the stratosphere for example.
True! I'm still hoping Lamdera can be Elm's Rails. I've done some side projects using Lamdera and received a lot of help personally from its creator Mario. He's awesome, always available to debug stuff, and also organizes a lot of events in the community.
It's the best thing I've ever used. No glue code. No decoders. No nothing. elm-servant for Haskell is very close, but this is the real deal.