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: 1,244 visas; FY2016: 1,732 visas; FY2017: 1,893 visas; FY2018: 1,761 visas; FY2019: 1,274 visas; FY2020: 566 visas; FY2021: 131 visas; FY2022: 729 visas; FY2023: 1,445 visas; FY2024: 1,718 visas; FY2025: 1,792 visas; FY2026: 719 visas so far.
FY2025 had 1,792 visas (+4.3% on FY2024). That's 5.3% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2017). FY2026 so far (Oct–Feb) is running 7.1% behind the same months of FY2025.