My M1 Mini crashes about once a week. I look through the crash log before sending it off to Apple, but is always seems to be something different that takes down the system. In comparison, my 2018 Macbook Pro rarely crashes and is running the same version of the OS.
I have the M1 Pro Max on my to-buy list, but I'm going to wait a bit to make the purchase since I really can't have my $4000 workstation crashing on me.
I'm kind of flipped around. My 16 inch 2019 MBP panics every two or three days. My 13 inch M1 MBP is rock solid and memory pressure is fine. Both running Big Sur. I won't call the M1 machine my favorite Mac of all time (my old 2013 takes that prize) but it's solidly in 2nd place right now. It's given me so little trouble...
My M1 Mini crashes (while sleeping) about once a week here as well. Funny thing is that I never get the crash reporter showing up after a hard reset. Very strange.
Two or three times, my M1 MBP has crashed overnight, but with the same error - something involving external drives. I keep 6-7 external drives connected at all times via two chained hubs. Hard to know if it's the OS or a flakey drive.
I have the M1 Pro Max on my to-buy list, but I'm going to wait a bit to make the purchase since I really can't have my $4000 workstation crashing on me.