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Usage

How you use HTML.

Browser Interoperability

Which existing HTML features or browser APIs are you unable to use because of browser differences or lack of support?
(freeform question)
0%
18%
35%
53%
70%
88%
1

2

3

4

5

<input type="date">

6

Safari issues

7

8

9

Firefox issues

10

0%
18%
35%
53%
70%
88%
% of question respondents

Limited Functionality

Which existing HTML features or browser APIs are you unable to use for other reasons (and why)?
(freeform question)
0%
17%
34%
51%
68%
85%
1

<input type="date">

2

3

<select>

4

Form inputs

5

<input type="checkbox">

6

7

8

<select multiple>

9

Dropdown menus

10

0%
17%
34%
51%
68%
85%
% of question respondents

Missing Elements

If you could add 3 elements to HTML, what would they be?
0%
11%
21%
32%
43%
53%
1

Data table (with sorting, filtering, etc.)

6,400
2

Tabs

4,681
3

Switch / Toggle

3,700
4

Skeleton UI / Loading Placeholder

3,621
5

Context Menu / Right-Click Menu

3,578
6

Carousel

3,147
7

Infinite Scroll

3,096
8

Accordion

2,370
9

Image Zoom

1,460
10

Segmented Button

793
0%
11%
21%
32%
43%
53%
% of question respondents

Ecosystem Impact

Other than yourself, how many developers use the libraries, packages, components, APIs etc. that you create or maintain?
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
1

A few other developers (e.g. developers within a small team)

6,217
2

Less than a thousand developers

1,447
3

Thousands of developers

489
4

Millions of developers

152
5

🚫 None (Just me)

4,071
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
% of question respondents

HTML/CSS vs JavaScript/TypeScript Balance

How do you divide your time between writing HTML/CSS and JavaScript (or TypeScript) code?
0%
6%
12%
18%
24%
30%
1

100% HTML/CSS

154
2

1

599
3

2

1,141
4

3

958
5

50%–50%

2,073
6

5

1,663
7

6

3,759
8

7

2,025
9

100% JS

189
0%
6%
12%
18%
24%
30%
% of question respondents

HTML Usage

What do you use HTML for?
0%
17%
35%
52%
69%
86%
1

Web apps

10,843
2

Blogs or other text-heavy sites

6,976
3

Marketing sites & landing pages

6,250
4

Design systems

4,727
5

Emails

4,291
6

Mobile apps

2,698
7

Desktop apps

2,610
8

Printed documents

1,878
9

E-Commerce sites

10

Video games

0%
17%
35%
52%
69%
86%
% of question respondents

Industry Sector

0%
7%
14%
21%
28%
35%
1

Programming & Technical Tools

4,158
2

Consulting & Services

2,275
3

Ecommerce & Retail

2,059
4

Education

1,667
5

Marketing/Sales/Analytics Tools

1,356
6

Finance

1,328
7

Entertainment

1,155
8

News, Media, & Blogging

998
9

Healthcare

945
10

Government

819
0%
7%
14%
21%
28%
35%
% of question respondents
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