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: 218 visas; FY2012: 188 visas; FY2013: 180 visas; FY2014: 172 visas; FY2015: 145 visas; FY2016: 146 visas; FY2017: 147 visas; FY2018: 225 visas; FY2019: 310 visas; FY2020: 78 visas; FY2021: 461 visas; FY2022: 708 visas; FY2023: 1,245 visas; FY2024: 1,738 visas; FY2025: 991 visas; FY2026: 72 visas so far.
FY2025 had 991 visas (−43% on FY2024). That's 220% above the pre-pandemic peak (FY2019). FY2026 so far (Oct–Feb) is running 80% behind the same months of FY2025.