That’s enough. I feel so bullied I will switch from gnome to KDE today even if I must reinstall my whole system 
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It’s about time you got on board. 
Edit: KDE just updated to 5.26.5
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In terms of all-around quality and features, KDE is really second to none. If KDE isn’t an option, I would pick XFCE over Gnome.
Then again, I don’t even use a DE these days. 
Because almost all of them are based on the reviewer’s feelings rather than objective metrics. A slightly more meaningful discussion would be, “Ranking Linux desktop environments for X purpose,” though even those can be a little sketchy.
Also, some of these youtubers could be sponsored by the creators of the products in question.
As I said earlier just use them all pick the one you like and stick with it. If you get tired of it try another. This is the world of Linux, with endless possibilities and options.
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Indeed. But I believe the intent behind the OP’s question is to obtain a general list of DEs for him to try out. It is exactly like you said: the possibility is endless. Given that there are so many options out there, obtaining a few suggestions from more experienced users isn’t a bad idea.
Yeah, that’s why I gave my two cents earlier (it’s up there somewhere). He can try all suggestions mainly the big two and the other smaller ones. Selecting a DE is completely based on personal preference.
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I swear to God, this is the year I get myself a microphone and video camera and I be very honest with the youtube video communtiy about garbage distros and how terrible all the youtube Linux people are. Probably including myself. I’ve been threating forever. The pre-installed software choices are not a reason to choose a distro no matter how many terrible reviews are made about it. It’s no wonder why so many folks can’t find a good distro. Ubuntu is great because PPA and microsoft said so. F that noise. I don’t want money or sponsors. Just honesty on the internet for a change.
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I’ll be the first to suberacrarib … subra … subracarib … subscrib 
Well, don’t hold your breath.
I love Gnome of EOS…but its quite heavy
Agreed. I can never understand why this is a reason to choose a distro, seeing as we could just install/remove those software packages ourselves…
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For me Gnome is fast but it likes RAM.
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The use of a swap partition obviously comes into question if you have a partition created for this purpose on the system disk, of course it can also be on a second disk. A swap file makes sense if there is no separate swap partition, because it can be on the system partition if there is enough space, but it can also be moved to another disk or partition. In general, the swap partition is more traditionally used, the swap file is even less common.
As other have already mentioned, choosing a DE is personal preference.
I was a long time Gnome fan (coming to Linux from 10+ years on Mac it felt the most natural), toyed around with KDE on Manjaro for a while. The experience was good, no major issues. Until I switched back to EOS and Gnome 43, where the Gnome devs had apparently decided that an ‘upgrade’ does not have to include all the previous features (like drag-to-tab-to-copy-files, or expandable folders in the file manager etc.).
So, since yesterday, I a am back on KDE. To be honest, I am really impressed, lots of powerful features, like the Workspaces. Also, multi-monitor setup is better than on Gnome. And weird apps like MS Teams integrate much better with the system.
If space permits, install both alongside and try them out. (though I did run into bootloader issues when installed two EOS systems alongside - could only boot the latest install, even reFind did not help).
EDIT: formatting for clarity.
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A tip to the OP is to install virtualbox. It is available both in windows and linux.
Then you can play around and check out DE’s to your heart’s content. There are several options to choose from in the EndeavourOS installer, you can also choose no desktop and then install whatever you like from the base install login.
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On a question asked before, differentiating between gtk-based (loosely targeted at GNOME) and qt-based (loosely targeted at KDE) applications is sometimes tricky. You know them when you see them.
A good way to learn is to subscribe to the flathub RSS feeds, which give a indication of what new and updated applications look like. Generally the gtk-based ones have a particular style with a lot of white space and fairly flat controls; those which look “more traditional” (like Windows 7/10) are qt-based.
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On the DE choice … as a number of people have said, it is entirely a personal choice.
A very common trajectory is to start with Cinnamon (Linux Mint starts a lot of people off in the Linux world because of Cinnamon’s deliberate similarity to Windows 7 in particular) then move to a distribution which offers more control over various aspects of the installation, including the DE.
Personally, I use KDE temporarily. I would like to use Budgie, which I find corrects most of the oddities of GNOME and is very slick, but it has too many quirks (for example, the Desktop functionality is weak, well behind even GNOME with a suitable extension). That Budgie is being added to the set of Fedora spins will, I hope, speed up its development.
What is the “cool kid pack” these days (I aspire to be one, perhaps the OP as well)?
i3wm, polybar, alacritty, vim, some cool ricing?
Could you quantify heavy? Or qualify for that matter.