I just watched https://youtu.be/127ng7botO4 and it warms my heart seeing such an amazing group of people. The Laravel community isn't just the people on that video and you can feel their welcoming among each other and among their viewers. It is like Jeffrey said: it is a niche, specialized and focused to be the best at one thing.
Matt said it best that we're competing with each other on who can create more free content for others to consume and be inspired to create more free content.
So many people have found what they're good at and added more value to the community itself.