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: 97 visas; FY2016: 118 visas; FY2017: 115 visas; FY2018: 127 visas; FY2019: 123 visas; FY2020: 50 visas; FY2021: 22 visas; FY2022: 95 visas; FY2023: 160 visas; FY2024: 157 visas; FY2025: 144 visas; FY2026: 79 visas so far.
FY2025 had 144 visas (−8.3% on FY2024). That's 13% above the pre-pandemic peak (FY2018). FY2026 so far (Oct–Feb) is running 44% ahead of the same months of FY2025.