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: 21 visas; FY2012: 25 visas; FY2013: 28 visas; FY2014: 19 visas; FY2015: 21 visas; FY2016: 26 visas; FY2017: 38 visas; FY2018: 41 visas; FY2019: 32 visas; FY2020: 14 visas; FY2021: 4 visas; FY2022: 23 visas; FY2023: 33 visas; FY2024: 53 visas; FY2025: 44 visas; FY2026: 12 visas so far.
FY2025 had 44 visas (−17% on FY2024). That's 7.3% above the pre-pandemic peak (FY2018). FY2026 so far (Oct–Feb) is running 14% behind the same months of FY2025.