Don’t forget if a previously popular application starts to become unpopular its typically for a good reason! So watching downward trends can also clue you into issues or problems you would not have other wise known.

People dislike change so it takes something decently serious to actually halt momentum.

The right answer is,

Debian if they just use web browsers and basic office apps.

Fedora if they use do the same but also use recent hardware that needs a newer kernel

Bazzite if they are a casual gamer and you want to make sure her sims still work easily

Cachy if she’s a nerd and plays a lot of higher end games.

All with kde of course

Who even uses normal arch anymore.

All the cool kids use endeavour or cachy. Which is like calling Ubuntu, Debian.

Suggesting anything with gnome should come with a penalty of having to fist fight a Canadian goose and it’s henchswans.

Any distro in the last decade even worth the time to use it’s easy.

The only expectation is if it’s a distro purely built to only use Foss software with out expections.

It’s a real shit show