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: 536 visas; FY2012: 606 visas; FY2013: 574 visas; FY2014: 539 visas; FY2015: 544 visas; FY2016: 520 visas; FY2017: 574 visas; FY2018: 521 visas; FY2019: 487 visas; FY2020: 231 visas; FY2021: 576 visas; FY2022: 398 visas; FY2023: 459 visas; FY2024: 429 visas; FY2025: 483 visas; FY2026: 87 visas so far.
FY2025 had 483 visas (+13% on FY2024). That's 20% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2012). FY2026 so far (Oct–Feb) is running 4.4% behind the same months of FY2025.