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: 48,239 visas; FY2016: 48,787 visas; FY2017: 52,233 visas; FY2018: 53,172 visas; FY2019: 55,896 visas; FY2020: 25,445 visas; FY2021: 21,505 visas; FY2022: 57,513 visas; FY2023: 67,801 visas; FY2024: 54,429 visas; FY2025: 39,480 visas; FY2026: 10,122 visas so far.
FY2025 had 39,480 visas (−27% on FY2024). That's 29% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2019). FY2026 so far (Oct–Feb) is running 45% behind the same months of FY2025.