Location matters as well. Where I live, most of our climbs are short, and few are very steep. I run a mid compact on my road bike with a 11-30 cassette and almost never use the small ring. I moved from a 11-32 to the 11-30, and kind of wish I'd gone 11-28.
My gravel bike is 1x with a 44 tooth chain ring and 11-32 out back (from the above road bike). I also have an 11-25 that I've used for really flat races. With the 11-32, I have used the bailout on only a few steep climbs. So... 1x for me in my area on gravel is great. I could probably get away with it on the road as well in this area.