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: 747 visas; FY2012: 691 visas; FY2013: 757 visas; FY2014: 956 visas; FY2015: 1,163 visas; FY2016: 1,057 visas; FY2017: 973 visas; FY2018: 816 visas; FY2019: 764 visas; FY2020: 430 visas; FY2021: 1,106 visas; FY2022: 1,326 visas; FY2023: 796 visas; FY2024: 810 visas; FY2025: 826 visas; FY2026: 158 visas so far.
FY2025 had 826 visas (+2% on FY2024). That's 29% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2015). FY2026 so far (Oct–Feb) is running 14% ahead of the same months of FY2025.