The "Smaller niches" are worth millions of dollars Paul. You were shooting at a time before the internet when people who liked different niches were not able to voice what they wanted to the industry.
If a "smaller niche" was only 5% of men...well there are roughly 3.8 BILLION men in this world.
So 5% of that would be 190 MILLION men who are potential customers.
I've made a LOT of money over the last 22 years selling porn. When our TGP's were some of the biggest sites in the world...I had my finger right on the pulse of what was selling.
And I'm telling you that NOBODY ever bought porn that featured a girl they did not find attractive.
Millions of men LOVE BBW's and grannys and feet and all kinds of stuff that wasn't what we thought was the ideal of beauty or sexuality.
As for huge fake tits like my wife...dude you have no idea how much money is in that.
But not everyone is the same.
Remember that Paul. And the whole thing is a cycle. The teen niche was hot as shit in 1998 thru 2003. I made so much money and sales on teens back then that Steve Lightspeed gave me a new motorcycle as THE top affiliate for the year in 2002.
But a couple of years later...MILF was the new King as teen became oversaturated. And that too was replaced as other niches took prominence.
And as I said...I'm sure that teen will be the King again soon. It's all a cycle.
You just have to be able to follow the patterns and keep your eye on the ball. Getting hung up on YOUR perception of beauty is kind of limiting.