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.
FY2010: 1 visas; FY2011: 5 visas; FY2012: 3 visas; FY2013: 1 visas; FY2014: 1 visas; FY2015: 3 visas; FY2016: 3 visas; FY2017: 6 visas; FY2018: 6 visas; FY2019: 3 visas; FY2020: 2 visas; FY2021: 3 visas; FY2022: 7 visas; FY2023: 8 visas; FY2024: 13 visas; FY2025: 4 visas so far.
FY2024 was the highest year shown, with 13 visas (+63% on FY2023). That's 117% above the pre-pandemic peak (FY2017). FY2025 so far (Oct–Mar) is running 20% behind the same months of FY2024.