I always remember a small yet notable group of snobs that frequented my now extinct local dealer that were a Wilson cult. Apologies to any Wilson owners here at HFH, I don't point any of this at you, just my local experience in a suburb of NYC.
The price points occupied by the Wilson line ensured this cult would stay small, and not necessarily be looking to actively recruit new members. When other speaker lines were being demonstrated in-store, they would furrow their brows or look mildly interested at best.
I remember one time I commented to one of them on the superb sound of the Verity Audio Parsifal Ovation, which at $20k were apparently not quite expensive enough for that WATT/Puppy 8 adherent to take seriously. He more or less gave me a pat on the head and assured me I needed to hear the Wilsons.
Funny thing was I had heard the WATT/Puppy 8 and preferred the Parsifal, though I was too young and poor to afford either model, but that dealer was kind enough to let me listen to such things if they were already setup in one of their two main rooms. Truth was I preferred the less expensive stand mounted Wilson Duette at that time.
A few years later I gained a somewhat greater appreciation for Wilson with the Sasha W/P, which I thought was a tremendous improvement, though the already lofty price had also taken a leap upwards too. I doubt the local Wilson cult was ever that large, and certainly the extinction of the local dealer can only mean it's smaller than it used to be. I also imagine those guys probably still own and enjoy their Wilsons to this day, certainly there would have been a pride in ownership factor at play there.