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, 8810 supernovae and 21 extragalactic novae were reported.
697 of these supernovae were named by TNS,
8113 were given possible supernova designations,
and 0 were not reported to TNS.
70 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 6551 were found in named galaxies
228 objects were discovered by amateurs
1 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
34 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
242 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
536 Type I supernovae were found
  491 Type Ia
    3 Type Ia-02cx
    4 Type Ia-91bg
    12 Type Ia-91T
    8 Type Ia-pec
  12 Type Ib
    1 Type Ibn
    0 Type Ib-pec
  26 Type Ic
    1 Type Icn
    8 Type Ic-pec
  9 Type SLSN-I
158 Type II supernovae were found
  20 Type IIn
  6 Type IIP
  18 Type IIb
  0 Type IIL
  8 Type SLSN-II
  1 Type II-pec
1 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
163 were not supernovae or Extragalactic novae.
7943 were untyped
Of the 21 novae that were reported  4 were reported to TNS and 17 were not
  1 were given official names by TNS
  10 were found in M31
  3 were found in M81
  0 were found in M33
  14 were untyped


2603 objects were discovered by WFST (prof) (AT2026lyk)
2415 objects were discovered by ZTF (prof) (AT2026lwz)
1130 objects were discovered by GOTO (prof) (AT2026map)
1120 objects were discovered by ATLAS (prof) (AT2026mao)
 765 objects were discovered by PS1 (prof) (AT2026mac)
 145 objects were discovered by LAST (prof) (AT2026lrz)
 143 objects were discovered by SGLF (prof) (AT2026lfn)
 121 objects were discovered by MASTER (prof) (AT2026lxg)
  81 objects were discovered by SAGUARO (AT2026luw)
  70 objects were discovered by XOSS (AT2026lqa)
  36 objects were discovered by VHU-TDA (AT2026elo)
  32 objects were discovered by BlackGEM (prof) (AT2026lmh)
  24 objects were discovered by Ziyang Mai (AT2026ljo)
  20 objects were discovered by DESIRT (prof) (2026ctw)
  19 objects were discovered by JWST (prof) (AT2026xz)
  15 objects were discovered by LVRA (AT2026lct)
  12 objects were discovered by jiashuo Zhang (AT2026ivf)
  11 objects were discovered by GOATS (AT2026eiz)
   9 objects were discovered by Firstlight (AT2026jpm)
   8 objects were discovered by ASAS-SN (prof) (AT2026lru)
   7 objects were discovered by GOATS_bot (AT2026hoo)
   6 objects were discovered by CRTS (prof) (AT2026jci)
   5 objects were discovered by Kamil Hornoch et al. (Nova M31 2026-04c?)
   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 Shevansh  Nagar (AT2026fvt)
   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 Minrui Ning (AT2026kpi)
   1 objects were discovered by Sarah Antier (AT2026jxi)
   1 objects were discovered by Vitali Nevski (AT2026kcx)
   1 objects were discovered by Wynn Jacobson-Galan (2026fkf)
   1 objects were discovered by Yasuo Sano (2026kid)
   1 objects were discovered by Yize Dong (2026fgl)

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