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: 688 visas; FY2016: 920 visas; FY2017: 919 visas; FY2018: 623 visas; FY2019: 537 visas; FY2020: 226 visas; FY2021: 53 visas; FY2022: 420 visas; FY2023: 562 visas; FY2024: 869 visas; FY2025: 832 visas; FY2026: 367 visas so far.
FY2025 had 832 visas (−4.3% on FY2024). That's 9.6% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2016). FY2026 so far (Oct–Feb) is running 11% ahead of the same months of FY2025.