How to Make the Best Characters Ever

My fellow blogger Cory wrote a post about how to make a good character. I am here not to steal his topic just to put a good spin on the subject.
In order to make a characters your readers or viewers will like, you have to make them relatable. This is step one, the building blocks, the foundation, to how you make your character. I have to care about their well-being, right off the bat. Give them traits I will understand. Like being popular or unpopular, being extremely athletic or just down-right clumsy, those kinds of things.
You have to give the audience a backstory. If I don't know about the characters past, how am I supposed to judge them for the future? Viewers and readers alike love getting that little piece of background on the character. While it may not be the most interesting thing in the world, it builds character. Ha, see what I did there?
Give the character fears. Nothing makes a viewer/reader believe a character to be more human than giving them something that makes them unable to sleep at night. If you are fearless, you're less relatable because no sensible human is without their fair share of fears. But alas, the inevitable time will come where in order to keep us on the edge of our seats, you have to make that character face their worst fear. It makes us worry on end, thus investing all of our attention and emotion.
Finally you have to put them in great danger. This somewhat goes with making the character face their greatest fear because they can be one and the same. Most regular people, like your audience, don't like the idea of imminent danger. This can sometimes be our greatest fear. Thus by putting in an event that puts that character in great danger, it puts us on the edge of our seats and worrying greatly for that character.
I hope these tips help you build a great character profile and in turn help you build an amazing story for your audience!