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, 18686 supernovae and 42 extragalactic novae were reported.
1531 of these supernovae were named by TNS,
17152 were given possible supernova designations,
and 3 were not reported to TNS.
120 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 18400 were found in named galaxies
176 objects were discovered by amateurs
2 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
54 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
414 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
1166 Type I supernovae were found
  1049 Type Ia
    4 Type Ia-02cx
    7 Type Ia-91bg
    37 Type Ia-91T
    17 Type Ia-pec
  38 Type Ib
    5 Type Ibn
    2 Type Ib-pec
  48 Type Ic
    3 Type Icn
    15 Type Ic-pec
  20 Type SLSN-I
360 Type II supernovae were found
  55 Type IIn
  17 Type IIP
  29 Type IIb
  0 Type IIL
  11 Type SLSN-II
  4 Type II-pec
3 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
286 were not supernovae or Extragalactic novae.
16860 were untyped
Of the 42 novae that were reported  9 were reported to TNS and 33 were not
  1 were given official names by TNS
  26 were found in M31
  5 were found in M81
  0 were found in M33
  31 were untyped


4429 objects were discovered by ZTF (prof) (AT2026aarn)
4364 objects were discovered by WFST (prof) (AT2026aarc)
2463 objects were discovered by PS1 (prof) (AT2026aakh)
2179 objects were discovered by ATLAS (prof) (AT2026aarv)
2156 objects were discovered by GOTO (prof) (AT2026aaqn)
1624 objects were discovered by ALeRCE (prof) (AT2026vcv)
 396 objects were discovered by LAST (prof) (AT2026aagf)
 261 objects were discovered by SGLF (prof) (AT2026txp)
 166 objects were discovered by MASTER (prof) (AT2026aagc)
 106 objects were discovered by XOSS (AT2026aaac)
 105 objects were discovered by SAGUARO (prof) (AT2026aafr)
  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)
  34 objects were discovered by Ziyang Mai (AT2026zkl)
  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) (2026uzh)
  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)
   7 objects were discovered by sauro gaudenzi (AT2026zgv)
   6 objects were discovered by Robert Fidrich (AT2026aaom)
   5 objects were discovered by Fink (prof) (AT2026plx)
   4 objects were discovered by Andrea Reguitti (AT2026ymp)
   4 objects were discovered by Shevansh Nagar (AT2026hax)
   3 objects were discovered by Jingyuan Zhao (AT2026wfl)
   3 objects were discovered by Taiga Sasaoka (2026unq)
   2 objects were discovered by COIN (AT2026uxw)
   2 objects were discovered by Flavio Castellani (AT2026wvv)
   2 objects were discovered by Halima Hussain Sayed (AT2026xkp)
   2 objects were discovered by Italian Supernovae Search Project (AT2026zcl)
   2 objects were discovered by Koichi Itagaki (2026yly)
   2 objects were discovered by Minrui Ning (AT2026oww)
   2 objects were discovered by Peter Blanchard (2026uii)
   1 objects were discovered by Ágoston Horti-Dávid (2026jih)
   1 objects were discovered by BTS (AT2026rhp)
   1 objects were discovered by Corey Rennell (AT2026win)
   1 objects were discovered by Filipp Romanov (AT2026zsz)
   1 objects were discovered by Francisco Ocaña (AT2026ykv)
   1 objects were discovered by Giancarlo Cortini (AT2026epv)
   1 objects were discovered by Lukasz Wyrzykowski (AT2026wpf)
   1 objects were discovered by Patrick Wiggins (2026sqf)
   1 objects were discovered by Sarah Antier (AT2026jxi)
   1 objects were discovered by Stéphane Basa (2026aafv)
   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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