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<marquee>

HTML element · 9 supported, 5 partial, 6 unsupported across 21 clients

9 of 21 email clients render <marquee> fully (Oct 14, 2026 data); it breaks outright in Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS and 3 more.

  • 0/7 webmail, 3/6 desktop, 6/8 mobile clients support <marquee> fully.
  • Unsupported in Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Outlook Classic and 2 more.
  • Partial in Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Yahoo Mail, Proton Mail and 1 more, behavior differs from browsers, test before relying on it.
  • Outlook Classic (Word engine, supported to at least 2029) does not fully support <marquee>, and its replacement changes little here; see the deprecation diff.
  • Across all clients, only 6 of 298 tracked HTML/CSS features render identically everywhere.

Source: caniemail.com (MIT), via the Emailens engine. Last tested upstream Apr 21, 2020, synced by Emailens Oct 14, 2026.

Client Support

ClientCategoryEngineSupport
GmailwebmailGmail WebUnsupported
Gmail AndroidmobileGmail MobileUnsupported
Gmail iOSmobileGmail MobileUnsupported
Outlook 365webmailOutlook WebPartialSee caveat 1
Outlook (New)desktopOutlook WebPartialSee caveat 1
Outlook ClassicdesktopMicrosoft WordUnsupported
Outlook iOSmobileOutlook MobileSupported
Outlook AndroidmobileOutlook MobileSupported
Outlook for MacdesktopWebKitSupported
Apple MaildesktopWebKitSupported
Apple Mail iOSmobileWebKitSupported
Yahoo MailwebmailYahooPartialSee caveat 2
Yahoo Mail AndroidmobileYahooSupported
Yahoo Mail iOSmobileYahooSupported
Samsung MailmobileSamsungSupported
ThunderbirddesktopGeckoSupported
HEY MailwebmailWebKitUnsupported
Proton MailwebmailProtonPartialSee caveat 3
AOL MailwebmailAOLPartialSee caveat 2
FastmailwebmailFastmailUnsupported
SuperhumandesktopBlinkUnknown

Documented caveats (3)

  1. 1.Outlook 365, Outlook (New): The <marquee> element is supported but not the behavior or direction attributes.
  2. 2.Yahoo Mail, AOL Mail: The <marquee> element is supported but the animation doesn't play in Internet Explorer or Firefox.
  3. 3.Proton Mail: The behavior attribute is not supported.

Caveats recorded by caniemail.com (MIT) and carried verbatim, one entry per wording rather than per client.

Client-by-client behaviour for <marquee>

Fully supports <marquee> (9): Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Outlook for Mac, Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, Samsung Mail, Thunderbird.

Partial support (5): Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Yahoo Mail, Proton Mail, AOL Mail. Expect rendering quirks unique to each engine. Partial support typically means a subset of values, an ignored shorthand, or sanitizer-specific rewrites.

No support (6): Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Outlook Classic, HEY Mail, Fastmail. Plan fallbacks for these clients before relying on <marquee> in production sends.

Behaviour unverified in: Superhuman.

Fixes & Workarounds

Gmail

Unsupported

`<marquee>` is not supported in this email client.

Gmail Android

Unsupported

`<marquee>` is not supported in this email client.

Gmail iOS

Unsupported

`<marquee>` is not supported in this email client.

Outlook Classic

Unsupported

`<marquee>` is not supported in this email client.

HEY Mail

Unsupported

`<marquee>` is not supported in this email client.

Fastmail

Unsupported

`<marquee>` is not supported in this email client.

Outlook 365

Partial

`<marquee>` is not supported in this email client.

Outlook (New)

Partial

`<marquee>` is not supported in this email client.

Yahoo Mail

Partial

`<marquee>` is not supported in this email client.

Proton Mail

Partial

`<marquee>` is not supported in this email client.

AOL Mail

Partial

`<marquee>` is not supported in this email client.

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caniemail.com (MIT) records Apr 21, 2020 as the last time <marquee> was tested in a real client, 6 years before this sync. Syncing copies that result forward, it does not re-test it. Carried in @emailens/engine data v0.14.5.