Entertainment has long suffered from a lack of representation. Over the last few years, however, there have been notable improvements across the entertainment spectrum. Every notable medium, from comics to movies to television have seen some truly impressive markups in diversity that have paid off both in sales, box office revenues, and ratings. The importance of representation and diversity in entertainment cannot be understated, as everyone deserves the chance to see characters on the page or screen that look like them, that they can identify with. With the ever increasing diversity of our world, it only makes sense that entertainment should follow that trend.
In this list, we look at some of the best and most successful examples of diverse storytelling across various forms of media. This list is not arranged in any sort of hierarchy; it is not intended to rank any of these franchises, but simply to look across the spectrum at the representation they demonstrate.
