The long view
State Dept publishes its annual totals by US government fiscal year, which runs October to September.
Point at a year for its exact count.
Striped: the current year so far.
FY2011: 32 visas; FY2012: 22 visas; FY2013: 29 visas; FY2014: 34 visas; FY2015: 12 visas; FY2016: 11 visas; FY2017: 10 visas; FY2018: 11 visas; FY2019: 13 visas; FY2020: 2 visas; FY2021: 17 visas; FY2022: 14 visas; FY2023: 44 visas; FY2024: 40 visas; FY2025: 38 visas; FY2026: 8 visas so far.
FY2025 had 38 visas (−5% on FY2024). That's 12% above the pre-pandemic peak (FY2014). FY2026 so far (Oct–Nov) is running 700% ahead of the same months of FY2025.