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: 2,307 visas; FY2016: 3,641 visas; FY2017: 3,675 visas; FY2018: 4,598 visas; FY2019: 5,440 visas; FY2020: 2,414 visas; FY2021: 979 visas; FY2022: 5,828 visas; FY2023: 9,647 visas; FY2024: 10,088 visas; FY2025: 8,813 visas; FY2026: 1,684 visas so far.
FY2025 had 8,813 visas (−13% on FY2024). That's 62% above the pre-pandemic peak (FY2019). FY2026 so far (Oct–Feb) is running 50% behind the same months of FY2025.