What is the ideal simulation distance in Minecraft?

​​​Minecraft 1.18 update has a number of experimental settings, including simulation distance settings and a few other game updates.

Minecraft Xbox / PE - 1.2.10 Simulation Distance TUTORIAL

Minecraft: What is Simulation Distance?

David on X: We've increased the simulation distance for Bedrock Realms to 10 chunks! After some testing, performance seemed good, so we've rolled it out to everyone, enabling better farms and more

Adjusting View Distance and Simulation Distance on Your Minecraft Server - Knowledgebase - Shockbyte

Minecraft 1.18 Snapshot 21w38a Simulation Distance Parity!

minecraft Realms Just Got A Render Distance UPGRADE! And More Soon!

Bedrock Simulation Distance and Iron farm question (details in comments) : r/Minecraft

Simulation distance setting in Rubidium? : r/feedthebeast

i have this shitty render distance and these are my settings, for the record i have no idea how render distance works. its really annoying and i would like to change it

What is the exact meaning of Mob spawning in bedrock edition happens within a spherical shell 24-44 blocks away from the player on simulation distance 4 : r/technicalminecraft

What is Simulation Distance in Minecraft? - Explained - Touch, Tap, Play