Very generally speaking I have found that heavy guage 'medium' strings work well for Dreds and Jumbos then on down through 12's for 000/OM size and 11's for 00 size. I put 10's on my very small barnwood parlor guitars.
But again that's very generally speaking. It does make sense though that a heavier string is better for moving a large top but it really comes down to top thickness, bracing and so on.
So the answer is the ideal string gauge is the one that works for the guitar. I'd say what works for the player too but it's more so the guitar. Some guitars sound better with 13's or 12's but some players will want to put 13's on a guitar that sounds better with 11's and so on...
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