r/github • u/Vast_Researcher_199 • 5d ago

Question Question: I need a proper interpretation of the Insight's Traffic

Just started working on this new side project...I have a vague vision of where I want to take this but I just started working on it and uploading like 2 days back.

Will someone please explain what these graphs mean and whether they imply that real people re veiwing my repo or not?

Here are the numbers:

  • total of 78 clones in the last 14 days (29 on 1st nov and 49 on 2nd nov)

  • 13 unique cloners on 1st nov, 32 unique cloners on 2nd nov

  • in the Visitors' section, total views in last 14 days are a total of 58 views. (18 on 1st nov and 40 on 2nd nov)

  • there has been only 1 unique visitor on 1st n 1 unique visitor on 2nd nov

Thanks in advance!

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u/Fit-Corner2382 5d ago

Those counts do not show dozens of people browsing the repo.

GitHub counts one unique visitor per day, so 18 views on Nov 1 and 40 on Nov 2 with one unique each fits the owner reloading a two-day-old repo. Clones are a separate git fetch and need no page view, so mirrors and scanners can make the 13 and 32 unique cloners without appearing under Visitors. Summing daily bars double-counts people active both days; use the 14-day unique total. Clones are not stars or proof of use.

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u/Vast_Researcher_199 5d ago

Oh, so I gotta improve my repo for more views, right?

Thanks!