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: 8,861 visas; FY2016: 8,303 visas; FY2017: 9,738 visas; FY2018: 7,392 visas; FY2019: 6,060 visas; FY2020: 1,994 visas; FY2021: 239 visas; FY2022: 7,478 visas; FY2023: 9,337 visas; FY2024: 7,572 visas; FY2025: 8,132 visas; FY2026: 3,634 visas so far.
FY2025 had 8,132 visas (+7.4% on FY2024). That's 16% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2017). FY2026 so far (Oct–Feb) is running 13% ahead of the same months of FY2025.