You get user base by creating demand. Pyteal already exist, you are not creating a new language you are creating an area to pull up UI/UX fast which can be good.
I use codepen.io for my code now and I understand its importance I also use VSC with live server to push through as well. (Multiple options available) If someone didn’t tell me about Codepen I would never know it exist. (Marketing and people pushing it is very important) If there are only a handful of devs using then is it worth building for?
Web3 landscape is changing very fast, big reason why AF has pivoted to broader audience of developers because what we previously had wasn’t very attractive. To me this seems backwards to pay for this purely based on demand and opportunity.
I talk to devs as I’m sure you do as well. None of them mention pyteal. In fact I will put a poll up over top 4 Algorand used languages to gauge usage. It won’t be exact as someone could bot the poll but worth seeing if developers will give feedback.
I wish you much success Shiva 