⚡ Special HTML Elements

A selection of noteworthy HTML elements, including uncommon, deprecated, and specialized tags.

According to our statistics, special HTML elements are used on 22.7% of all websites.
82.1% of these sites use only one special HTML element, 16.2% use two, and 1.7% use three or more at the same time.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the leading special HTML elements in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Table with an impressive share of 49.5%, followed by Video with 28.3% and Font with 17.5%.

Table 49.5%
Video 28.3%
Font 17.5%
Template 13.2%
Object 2.4%
Canvas 2.4%
Dialog 2.2%
Audio 1.9%
Embed 1.3%
Frame 1.2%
Bgsound 0.06%
Applet 0.03%
Math 0.008%

You can also drill down by country:

🚀 Country Highlights

Here is a list of elements that are especially popular in certain countries.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

Video is #1 in Denmark ^(-1)
Font is #1 in Hong Kong ^(-2)
Frame is #1 in the British Virgin Islands ^(-9)
Template is #2 in Poland ^(-2)
Audio is #2 in Bangladesh ^(-6)
Canvas is #4 in China ^(-2)
Dialog is #5 in Germany ^(-2)

✨ Top Special HTML Elements

Below is a more detailed list of 13 special HTML elements we detect, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Table Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States The HTML element represents tabular data and has been widely used in the past for designing layouts.	49.5%
2	Video Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States The HTML element, introduced in HTML5.	28.3%
3	Font Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States The HTML element, deprecated since HTML 4.	17.5%
4	Template Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States The HTML element, introduced in HTML5.	13.2%
5	Object Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States The HTML element.	2.4%
6	Canvas Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States The HTML element, introduced in HTML5.	2.4%
7	Dialog Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States The HTML element.	2.2%
8	Audio Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States The HTML element, introduced in HTML5.	1.9%
9	Embed Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States The HTML element.	1.3%
10	Frame Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States The HTML element, deprecated in HTML 5.	1.2%
11	Bgsound Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States The obsolete HTML element.	0.06%
12	Applet Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States The HTML element, deprecated in HTML 4.01.	0.03%
13	Math Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States The HTML element.	0.008%

👉 See Also

✨ Related technologies
- HTML

Data is based on the analysis of 3,324,982 websites.
Statistics were last calculated on March 30, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.