I have certainly cracked a lot of cymbals, during more than thirty years of drumming. I didn't count but I would guess for something like 25-30 cracked cymbals all together.
It's not like I'm trying to break them, it just happens.
I play very loud, and my crashes and splashes are not angled at all.
That may have some effect, I don't know.
Like everything that is hit hard many times, also a cymbal give in at one time or another, I guess.
I have never cracked a ride, or a hi-hat.
My 22" China boy is still alive and kickin' too, despite some years, standing "a hell of a beating", allthough I hav cracked a few chinas. Especially the 16"s.