Supernova discovery statistics for 2026

These are supernova stastics for the year 2026. If there are other statistics you are interested in, please let me know.
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For the year 2026, 7483 supernovae and 16 extragalactic novae were reported.
551 of these supernovae were named by TNS,
6932 were given possible supernova designations,
and 0 were not reported to TNS.
59 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 5589 were found in named galaxies
200 objects were discovered by amateurs
1 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
26 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
190 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
426 Type I supernovae were found
  394 Type Ia
    3 Type Ia-02cx
    3 Type Ia-91bg
    11 Type Ia-91T
    6 Type Ia-pec
  11 Type Ib
    2 Type Ibn
    0 Type Ib-pec
  16 Type Ic
    1 Type Icn
    4 Type Ic-pec
  7 Type SLSN-I
123 Type II supernovae were found
  14 Type IIn
  3 Type IIP
  14 Type IIb
  0 Type IIL
  7 Type SLSN-II
  0 Type II-pec
0 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
123 were not supernovae or Extragalactic novae.
6804 were untyped
Of the 16 novae that were reported  2 were reported to TNS and 14 were not
  1 were given official names by TNS
  8 were found in M31
  3 were found in M81
  0 were found in M33
  12 were untyped


2228 objects were discovered by WFST (prof) (AT2026jwy)
2051 objects were discovered by ZTF (prof) (AT2026kaj)
 924 objects were discovered by ATLAS (prof) (AT2026kbp)
 887 objects were discovered by GOTO (prof) (AT2026jqn)
 712 objects were discovered by PS1 (prof) (AT2026kaw)
 136 objects were discovered by LAST (prof) (AT2026jxj)
 117 objects were discovered by SGLF (prof) (AT2026jtd)
 100 objects were discovered by MASTER (prof) (AT2026jyw)
  74 objects were discovered by SAGUARO (AT2026kao)
  61 objects were discovered by XOSS (AT2026jvk)
  36 objects were discovered by VHU-TDA (AT2026elo)
  30 objects were discovered by BlackGEM (prof) (AT2026iqy)
  22 objects were discovered by Ziyang Mai (AT2026jvj)
  20 objects were discovered by DESIRT (prof) (2026ctw)
  19 objects were discovered by JWST (prof) (AT2026xz)
  12 objects were discovered by jiashuo Zhang (AT2026ivf)
  11 objects were discovered by GOATS (AT2026eiz)
   9 objects were discovered by Firstlight (AT2026jpm)
   7 objects were discovered by GOATS_bot (AT2026hoo)
   6 objects were discovered by ASAS-SN (prof) (2026iur)
   5 objects were discovered by CRTS (prof) (AT2026jci)
   5 objects were discovered by GEOTS (prof) (AT2026juw)
   4 objects were discovered by ALeRCE (prof) (AT2026jmz)
   4 objects were discovered by Firstlight Bot (AT2026jpm)
   3 objects were discovered by Fink (prof) (AT2026ixl)
   3 objects were discovered by Kamil Hornoch et al. (AT2026jnl)
   3 objects were discovered by Shevansh  Nagar (AT2026fvt)
   2 objects were discovered by LVRA (AT2026iym)
   2 objects were discovered by Shevansh Nagar (AT2026gvy)
   2 objects were discovered by Taiga Sasaoka (2026for)
   1 objects were discovered by Ágoston Horti-Dávid (2026jih)
   1 objects were discovered by COIN (AT2026ejk)
   1 objects were discovered by Flavio Castellani (AT2026blf)
   1 objects were discovered by Giancarlo Cortini (AT2026epv)
   1 objects were discovered by Jingyuan Zhao (AT2026gs)
   1 objects were discovered by Koichi Itagaki (2026fov)
   1 objects were discovered by Sarah Antier (AT2026jxi)
   1 objects were discovered by Wynn Jacobson-Galan (2026fkf)
   1 objects were discovered by Yize Dong (2026fgl)

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