diff --git a/test_unstructured/metrics/test_element_type.py b/test_unstructured/metrics/test_element_type.py
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+import pytest
+
+from unstructured.metrics.element_type import get_element_type_frequency
+from unstructured.partition.auto import partition
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("filename", "frequency"),
+    [
+        (
+            "fake-email.txt",
+            {
+                "UncategorizedText": {"None": 6},
+                "ListItem": {"None": 12},
+                "Title": {"None": 5},
+                "NarrativeText": {"None": 2},
+            },
+        ),
+        (
+            "sample-presentation.pptx",
+            {
+                "Title": {"0": 4, "1": 1},
+                "NarrativeText": {"0": 3},
+                "ListItem": {"0": 6, "1": 6, "2": 3},
+                "Table": {"None": 1},
+            },
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_get_element_type_frequency(filename, frequency):
+    elements = partition(filename=f"example-docs/{filename}")
+    elements_freq = get_element_type_frequency(elements)
+    assert elements_freq == frequency
diff --git a/unstructured/metrics/element_type.py b/unstructured/metrics/element_type.py
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+from typing import Dict, List, Union
+
+
+def get_element_type_frequency(
+    elements: List,
+) -> Union[Dict[str, Dict[str, int]], Dict]:
+    frequency: Dict = {}
+    if len(elements) == 0:
+        return frequency
+    for element in elements:
+        category = element.category
+        category_depth = element.metadata.category_depth
+        if category not in frequency:
+            frequency[category] = {}
+        if str(category_depth) not in frequency[category]:
+            frequency[category][str(category_depth)] = 1
+        else:
+            frequency[category][str(category_depth)] += 1
+    return frequency
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