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: 1,334 visas; FY2016: 1,630 visas; FY2017: 1,557 visas; FY2018: 1,492 visas; FY2019: 1,319 visas; FY2020: 524 visas; FY2021: 100 visas; FY2022: 1,065 visas; FY2023: 1,768 visas; FY2024: 2,053 visas; FY2025: 1,760 visas; FY2026: 672 visas so far.
FY2025 had 1,760 visas (−14% on FY2024). That's 8% above the pre-pandemic peak (FY2016). FY2026 so far (Oct–Feb) is running 13% behind the same months of FY2025.