If you click through to pull requests or issues created, the trend is between modest and potentially not statistically significant (there's also a lot of red digits).
The stars graph from godot is vertical since last month though, especially given that they already had the most stars by far (67k in August, compared to 43k for the runner-up pixijs) and an account has only one star to give so that's a lot of new interest.
Godot actually has a bit of an issue with too many PRs. Lots of them are just small changes, usability or documentation changes, but they still have to be reviewed.
They need steady funding to have a team of capable full time devs.
Their fund seems a step into this direction.
I shared that screen snapshot on John Riccitiello's facebook page, and thanked him: "Thank you for your substantial contribution to open source gaming engines, at the expense of your own company!"
They need steady funding to have a team of capable full time devs. Their fund seems a step into this direction.