How many HTML elements are there?

Here’s what I found.

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Count

Short answer: 252 (April, 2021). 32 of which are “obsolete and deprecated.” So, 220.

Long answer: trick question, because HTML5 supports custom elements.

Longer answer: entire list here.

Definitions

HTML: Hypertext Markup Language provides the structure of the page.²

(HTML) Elements: The elements of the language label pieces of content such as “paragraph,” “list,” “table,” and so on.³

Methodology

A little Python and a lot of curiosity can go a long way:

[1] https://www.w3.org/standards/webdesign/htmlcss

[2] Idem.