I think more important than how many people see the repo is whether they click away in 5 seconds.
To you, your app is amazing and it's obvious why people want it.
To everyone else.... We have no idea what it does and you only get about ten seconds to convince people they should spend any more time reading about it.
Without money you are fucked. That's the harsh reality. You open source your work, for others, AND YOU HAVE TO SPEND MONEY to market it to people :D. And who has enough money? Companies. Those will use your work, and give back nothing.
So, what average people don't have? Enough money to market their software which was built on other FOSS software. Since each and every platform after some initial openness is closed down for the people. You don't get to the table without spending money. Meaning: open source is a scam. You work for some limelight, because you are naive, and benevolent, while the vultures steal your work, your livelihood and your ideas.
Open source is a scam. Stop posting your ideas and your hard work for others for some illusion of a reputation. Ask money for it, create your own license and patent your ideas, it's not a sacrilege. You can do whatever you want with the money flowing in, like buy your freedom.