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.
FY2015: 11,841 visas; FY2016: 14,869 visas; FY2017: 14,930 visas; FY2018: 17,075 visas; FY2019: 17,451 visas; FY2020: 8,247 visas; FY2021: 590 visas; FY2022: 3,978 visas; FY2023: 7,813 visas; FY2024: 7,071 visas; FY2025: 6,676 visas; FY2026: 2,211 visas so far.
FY2025 had 6,676 visas (−5.6% on FY2024). That's 62% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2019). FY2026 so far (Oct–Feb) is running 21% behind the same months of FY2025.