It is riskier for most people, because they don´t have a clear idea of what is required to make a project successful. My advice is to go top 10 for newbies.
The council is certainly very good, but I think that for completely new people, it's better not to invest immediately, but start studying the crypto-currency market, and then, after people start to understand what it is and what risks are possible at all, people will have to start the investment process .