Email Markup Consortium
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Working to improve the accessibility, user experience, performance, consistency, and reliability of email markup
For the first time, the 2026 Email Accessibility Report audited newsletter and marketing platforms with built-in email builders. We analyzed: • 6,909 #Substack emails • 2,189 @beehiiv.com emails • 1,468 #Shopify Email campaigns
Accessibility Report 2026 | Email Markup Consortium
Email Markup Consortium Accessibility Report - 2026
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The 2026 Email Accessibility Report is now live! We analyzed 376,348 HTML emails across industries, geographies and platforms. mremail.dev/3PFRAR8 #GAAD #EmailGeeks
Accessibility Report 2026 | Email Markup Consortium
Email Markup Consortium Accessibility Report - 2026
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In 2022, we began our Data Collection project with a clear vision for how this data could benefit the ecosystem starting with our annual accessibility reports. Today, we’re excited to announce the next major step in that vision: The Email Markup Database emailmarkup.org/en/blog/2025...
Announcing the Email Markup Database | Email Markup Consortium
A comprehensive, continuously updated repository of how real-world emails are built. Real usage metrics from real emails covering HTML and CSS features, external assets and more.
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Proton Mail (@proton.me) noticed that some of their data on "Can I Email?" was outdated, and took the initiative to update it themselves. As a result, our 2025 Accessibility Report now reflects a much more accurate picture of Proton Mail’s strong accessibility support.
For years, email developers have relied on invisible spacing hacks to influence what appears alongside the subject line in the inbox. But there can be a cleaner, more consistent approach: a simple meta tag.
Sign the EMC supporters list and show the industry Email Accessibility matters! Add your name: emailmarkup.org/en/supporters/ #a11y
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Email Markup Consortium@emailmarkup.org · last yr.Accessibility in email is hard enough. When email clients block even the most basic accessibility features, they’re not limiting creativity; they’re limiting access.
Accessibility in email is hard enough. When email clients block even the most basic accessibility features, they’re not limiting creativity; they’re limiting access.
Respecting user preferences is a basic accessibility principle, but Google's Gmail makes it nearly impossible for developers to do this. Email clients should enable developers to query the user's system or browser-level settings, like reduced motion or color scheme.
Every government email message in our dataset failed to comply with accessibility requirements. This creates significant barriers for users who rely on assistive technologies. Governments have a responsibility to ensure communications, including email, are accessible to as many people as possible.
It's that time of year again. To celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day we've released our annual email accessibility report. Unfortunately less than 0.01% of emails passed all automated test, so this is a call to action to do better. emailmarkup.org/en/reports/a... #GAAD #EmailGeeks #A11y
Accessibility Report 2025 | Email Markup Consortium
Email Markup Consortium Accessibility Report - 2025
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This is a fun frontend challenge. You don't have to be interested in email to find this interesting and discuss it with us.
Email Markup Consortium@emailmarkup.org · 2y agoHow should a web app allow third-party HTML to make use of the CSS prefers-color-scheme media feature? Mark Robbins (@goodemailcode.com) has some good ideas utilising modern CSS features. Join the discussion on GitHub: github.com/email-markup...
In this article, Sarah Gallardo discusses how different the accessibility challenges between web vs email dev are: a11y.email/the-accessib...
Basics – The Accessible Digital Ecosystem - a11y.email
We’re digging deep into the WCAG and how it works to guide us on our path to accessible digital content. The WCAG is quite a bit more complex than you might think and not as clear as you might hope, e...
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How should a web app allow third-party HTML to make use of the CSS prefers-color-scheme media feature? Mark Robbins (@goodemailcode.com) has some good ideas utilising modern CSS features. Join the discussion on GitHub: github.com/email-markup...
Dark mode: system vs web app settings · email-markup-consortium email-markup-consortium · Discussion #99
While there is a way in CSS to detect the user's colour scheme preference as set in the Operating System (OS) or the user agent (browser), there is no native CSS way to check the user's preference ...
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