Well...they were relatively a small group...considering the countless Jewish communities throughout the Roman Empire.
Attested in Rome, Sicily...Anatolia.
Most of them did not convert.
OK.. I'm not sure I would call it "small". the Gospel was spread throughout the known world and Paul usually started in the synagogue as did the rest of the Apostles.
But let's look at numbers (just a portion - there are more):
Acts 2:41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.
Acts 4: 4 But many who heard the message believed; so the number of men who believed grew to about five thousand.
5:14 Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number.
6:\7 So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.
9:42 This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.
11:21 The Lord’s hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.
14:1 At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.
17: 12 As a result, many of them believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.
18: 8 Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his entire household believed in the Lord; and many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed and were baptized.
many, large,increased, etc are not words of "small".
But I wouldn't say "most" either as you mentioned