Me I use a intuos pro medium. It's got no screen, but that works fine for me because I kind of grew up using tablets like this and I think it's very affordable compared to a screened waccom. A lot of people don't like not having a screen, so that's somethign to consider. There is a learning curve but I was in middle school/high school when I started using one and I was fine. (and honestly, what helped my tablet drawing improve was having a bigger monitor) I also like using Clip Studio Paint (which goes on sale quite often, it's very affordable) and photoshop (which is monthly, but is less than the price of Netflix, to give an idea)
My first tablet however, in middle school was a 70 dollar tablet I got for christmas, and it was like 4 inches and it came with a janky drawing software and was perfect for all my needs for like 5 or 6 years. Wore that puppy out. So really, if you're new to this, getting something cheaper is fine, so long as it can work with your interface (I use windows, which is a little better about accepting tablets that aren't cintiques) because you don't need to do like heavy lifting at this stage, you just want something that can draw and is reliable. (however, make sure that any tablet you get works with a modern UI, because windows 10's update is the only reason I upgraded from my graphire haha, it wasn't supported)
If you're using a mac, however, I'd be a little wary of the cheaper tablets and screened tablets and really check to make sure that you don't need to get like extra bits and bobbles to get it to run. Mac is just quite picky to work with and you don't want to be stuck with like having to source a weird cord off of amazon.