How to render a view in code and check if it's empty

YOUR_MODULE_NAME.module

use Drupal\views\ViewExecutable;
use Drupal\views\Views;

/**
 * Implements hook_preprocess_HOOK().
 */
function YOUR_MODULE_NAME_preprocess_HOOK(&$variables) {
  $some_entity_id = 10;
  $view = Views::getView('name_of_view');
  if (is_object($view) && $most_linked_profiles_view instanceof ViewExecutable) {
    $view->setArguments([$some_entity_id]);
    $view->setDisplay('block_1');
    $view->preExecute();
    $view->execute();

    if (!empty($view->result)) {
      $variables['some_var_name_to_access_in_twig'] = $view->buildRenderable('block_1', [$some_entity_id]);
    }
  }