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: 514 visas; FY2016: 762 visas; FY2017: 775 visas; FY2018: 665 visas; FY2019: 612 visas; FY2020: 352 visas; FY2021: 273 visas; FY2022: 635 visas; FY2023: 645 visas; FY2024: 723 visas; FY2025: 716 visas; FY2026: 209 visas so far.
FY2025 had 716 visas (−1% on FY2024). That's 7.6% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2017). FY2026 so far (Oct–Feb) is running 31% behind the same months of FY2025.