If you think Monero is niche your stats are not up to date.
Monero node network is the 2nd biggest after BTC.
It's hashrate and transactions grow continuously despite being delisted from basically ALL CEX.
Therefore almost all of the 18 million coins in circulation are in self-custodial wallets which means almost all transactions that happen on Monero are P2P and private by default.
Wherever both Monero and Bitcoin are accepted in black, grey and white markets Monero ranks 1st or 2nd.
So dismissing the most cypherpunk project in the space is either blindness or stupidity especially if almost all Butcoin OGs have indicated that they use and invest in Monero as a tool to protect their wealth, identity or as a hedge for Bitcoin.