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: 6 visas; FY2012: 8 visas; FY2013: 7 visas; FY2014: 9 visas; FY2015: 20 visas; FY2016: 8 visas; FY2017: 13 visas; FY2018: 16 visas; FY2019: 8 visas; FY2020: 4 visas; FY2021: 6 visas; FY2022: 20 visas; FY2023: 15 visas; FY2024: 17 visas; FY2025: 26 visas; FY2026: 7 visas so far.
FY2025 was the highest year shown, with 26 visas (+53% on FY2024). That's 30% above the pre-pandemic peak (FY2015). FY2026 so far (Oct–Feb) is running 22% behind the same months of FY2025.