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: 3,267 visas; FY2016: 3,382 visas; FY2017: 3,990 visas; FY2018: 3,936 visas; FY2019: 3,557 visas; FY2020: 1,198 visas; FY2021: 142 visas; FY2022: 2,837 visas; FY2023: 4,070 visas; FY2024: 3,632 visas; FY2025: 3,278 visas; FY2026: 1,402 visas so far.
FY2025 had 3,278 visas (−9.7% on FY2024). That's 18% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2017). FY2026 so far (Oct–Feb) is running 11% behind the same months of FY2025.