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, 15653 supernovae and 34 extragalactic novae were reported.
1313 of these supernovae were named by TNS,
14340 were given possible supernova designations,
and 0 were not reported to TNS.
104 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 10935 were found in named galaxies
149 objects were discovered by amateurs
2 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
47 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
358 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
989 Type I supernovae were found
  888 Type Ia
    4 Type Ia-02cx
    7 Type Ia-91bg
    31 Type Ia-91T
    12 Type Ia-pec
  32 Type Ib
    3 Type Ibn
    2 Type Ib-pec
  43 Type Ic
    3 Type Icn
    13 Type Ic-pec
  17 Type SLSN-I
318 Type II supernovae were found
  49 Type IIn
  11 Type IIP
  26 Type IIb
  0 Type IIL
  11 Type SLSN-II
  3 Type II-pec
3 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
253 were not supernovae or Extragalactic novae.
14079 were untyped
Of the 34 novae that were reported  8 were reported to TNS and 26 were not
  1 were given official names by TNS
  18 were found in M31
  5 were found in M81
  0 were found in M33
  25 were untyped


3783 objects were discovered by ZTF (prof) (AT2026weo)
3520 objects were discovered by WFST (prof) (AT2026wcx)
1867 objects were discovered by ATLAS (prof) (AT2026wef)
1759 objects were discovered by PS1 (prof) (AT2026wdu)
1726 objects were discovered by GOTO (prof) (AT2026wee)
1624 objects were discovered by ALeRCE (prof) (AT2026vcv)
 353 objects were discovered by LAST (prof) (AT2026wbt)
 260 objects were discovered by SGLF (prof) (AT2026txp)
 148 objects were discovered by MASTER (prof) (AT2026wdt)
 101 objects were discovered by SAGUARO (prof) (AT2026unp)
  95 objects were discovered by XOSS (AT2026uti)
  87 objects were discovered by LVRA (prof) (AT2026std)
  66 objects were discovered by BlackGEM (prof) (AT2026uxv)
  36 objects were discovered by GOATS (prof) (AT2026seb)
  36 objects were discovered by VHU-TDA (AT2026elo)
  31 objects were discovered by Ziyang Mai (AT2026vbn)
  28 objects were discovered by NEXUS (prof) (AT2026rgz)
  20 objects were discovered by DESIRT (prof) (2026ctw)
  19 objects were discovered by JWST (prof) (AT2026xz)
  18 objects were discovered by ASAS-SN (prof) (AT2026uzh)
  12 objects were discovered by GEOTS (prof) (AT2026sfo)
  12 objects were discovered by jiashuo Zhang (AT2026ivf)
  10 objects were discovered by Kamil Hornoch et al. (Nova M31 2026-06c?)
   9 objects were discovered by CRTS (prof) (2026tmt)
   9 objects were discovered by Firstlight (prof) (AT2026jpm)
   7 objects were discovered by Aidan Sedgewick (AT2026umv)
   5 objects were discovered by Fink (prof) (AT2026plx)
   4 objects were discovered by Shevansh Nagar (AT2026hax)
   3 objects were discovered by Andrea Reguitti (AT2026vpp)
   3 objects were discovered by Taiga Sasaoka (2026unq)
   2 objects were discovered by COIN (AT2026uxw)
   2 objects were discovered by Jingyuan Zhao (AT2026oir)
   2 objects were discovered by Minrui Ning (AT2026oww)
   2 objects were discovered by Peter Blanchard (2026uii)
   2 objects were discovered by Robert Fidrich (AT2026wed)
   1 objects were discovered by Ágoston Horti-Dávid (2026jih)
   1 objects were discovered by BTS (AT2026rhp)
   1 objects were discovered by Flavio Castellani (AT2026blf)
   1 objects were discovered by Giancarlo Cortini (AT2026epv)
   1 objects were discovered by Italian Supernovae Search Project (2026pel)
   1 objects were discovered by Koichi Itagaki (2026fov)
   1 objects were discovered by Patrick Wiggins (2026sqf)
   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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