- HTML em Tag

Definition

The  tag is used to add semantic emphasis to words or text compared to the surrounding text.

<p>You should <em>not</em> drive on the wrong side of the road.</p>

You should not drive on the wrong side of the road.

You must use an opening and closing tag.
Content displayed in an  tag is shown as italic. This can be further styled using CSS.
The following use cases show how using the  tag can change the meaning of the sentence, and as such becomes integral to the content:
- General statement:
```
Cats are cute animals.
```
- Statement stressing that cats are cute, in contrast to say, dogs:
```
Cats are cute animals.
```
- Statement arguing that cats are cute, in contrast to someone arguing that they are not cute:
```
Cats are cute animals.
```
- In this statement you might be arguing that cats are cute animals, not mean animals.
```
Cats are cute animals.
```
- If someone asserted that cats were human, you might want to stress that they are in fact, animals:
```
Cats are cute animals.
```

The  element only supports the Global Attributes.

You should not use the  element for generic italic styling. If you wish to make text or even a paragraph stand out from the rest of the content (for example, a lead paragraph), then the  element should be used.
The  element is used to stress certain words which may change the meaning or meaning of the sentence, not denote importance. To stress importance, use the  tags.
You can read how Google uses  elements for ranking purposes here

Chrome	Edge	Firefox	IE	Opera	Safari
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Android Webview	Chrome Android	Firefox Android	Opera Android	iOS Safari	Samsung Internet
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes