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: 11 visas; FY2012: 7 visas; FY2013: 7 visas; FY2014: 6 visas; FY2015: 15 visas; FY2016: 4 visas; FY2017: 11 visas; FY2018: 11 visas; FY2019: 14 visas; FY2020: 3 visas; FY2021: 6 visas; FY2022: 27 visas; FY2023: 16 visas; FY2024: 11 visas; FY2025: 16 visas; FY2026: 6 visas so far.
FY2025 had 16 visas (+45% on FY2024). That's 6.7% above the pre-pandemic peak (FY2015). FY2026 so far (Oct–Jan) is running 14% behind the same months of FY2025.