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, 10026 supernovae and 24 extragalactic novae were reported.
860 of these supernovae were named by TNS,
9166 were given possible supernova designations,
and 0 were not reported to TNS.
83 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 7430 were found in named galaxies
246 objects were discovered by amateurs
1 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
39 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
271 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
662 Type I supernovae were found
  606 Type Ia
    3 Type Ia-02cx
    6 Type Ia-91bg
    13 Type Ia-91T
    9 Type Ia-pec
  19 Type Ib
    2 Type Ibn
    2 Type Ib-pec
  29 Type Ic
    1 Type Icn
    10 Type Ic-pec
  11 Type SLSN-I
195 Type II supernovae were found
  24 Type IIn
  7 Type IIP
  20 Type IIb
  0 Type IIL
  8 Type SLSN-II
  2 Type II-pec
1 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
190 were not supernovae or Extragalactic novae.
8967 were untyped
Of the 24 novae that were reported  5 were reported to TNS and 19 were not
  1 were given official names by TNS
  12 were found in M31
  4 were found in M81
  0 were found in M33
  17 were untyped


2912 objects were discovered by WFST (prof) (AT2026nuf)
2755 objects were discovered by ZTF (prof) (AT2026nrf)
1358 objects were discovered by ATLAS (prof) (AT2026nve)
1256 objects were discovered by GOTO (prof) (AT2026nuz)
 839 objects were discovered by PS1 (prof) (AT2026nvi)
 179 objects were discovered by SGLF (prof) (AT2026nuo)
 169 objects were discovered by LAST (prof) (AT2026nuy)
 132 objects were discovered by MASTER (prof) (AT2026nts)
  93 objects were discovered by SAGUARO (AT2026nrk)
  75 objects were discovered by XOSS (AT2026npj)
  38 objects were discovered by BlackGEM (prof) (AT2026nip)
  36 objects were discovered by VHU-TDA (AT2026elo)
  31 objects were discovered by ALeRCE (prof) (AT2026nqv)
  24 objects were discovered by Ziyang Mai (AT2026ljo)
  20 objects were discovered by DESIRT (prof) (2026ctw)
  19 objects were discovered by JWST (prof) (AT2026xz)
  16 objects were discovered by LVRA (AT2026mri)
  12 objects were discovered by ASAS-SN (prof) (AT2026noc)
  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)
   7 objects were discovered by Kamil Hornoch et al. (Nova M81 2026-05a?)
   6 objects were discovered by CRTS (prof) (2026jci)
   4 objects were discovered by Fink (prof) (AT2026num)
   4 objects were discovered by Firstlight Bot (AT2026jpm)
   3 objects were discovered by Shevansh  Nagar (AT2026fvt)
   2 objects were discovered by Andrea Reguitti (AT2026nsk)
   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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