But as with many online innovations, the early adopters tend to occupy a different, if marginal, niche.
Despite its seemingly marginal niche audience, as Christian metal fans are counted in the thousands and the non-Christian metal fans in the millions, the Christian metal scene is one of the few transnational Christian communities that do not have any leaders or creed - only music connects its attendees.
What were once a marginal and niche element of the labour market have fast become the norm in some areas and sectors under this government.
A "rising tide of insecurity" in the job market since the last election was allowing employers to turn a "once marginal and niche element of the labour market" into the norm, Labour claimed on Sunday evening.
Today, those art forms are a marginal or niche interest, and most of them face extraordinary financial challenges; meanwhile, the bulk of the honorees come with a higher ratio of celebrity buzz to traditional artistic accomplishment.
With more than 1400 products on the market, marginal and niche ETFs – even if they deliver – are having trouble attracting assets and attention.
Only 15 of 67 species (22%) had marginal (atypical) niches and narrow niche breadths exhibiting specialization in old hardwood and white spruce forests and burned, open, and lowland habitats.
Ecological segregation between M and S is consistent with niche expansion into marginal habitats by chromosomal inversion variants during early lineage divergence; presumably, this process is promoted by inter-karyotype competition in the higher-quality core habitat.
After years of experimentation, niche markets, marginal utility and hype, solar power is truly ready for high noon.
"Zero-hours contracts, which were once a niche and marginal concept, have become the norm in parts of our economy as families have been hit by the cost-of-living crisis," he said.
He has electrified people revolted by the cynical politics of winning by a little bribery to niche voters in marginal seats.
