Supernova discovery statistics for 2020

These are supernova stastics for the year 2020. If there are other statistics you are interested in, please let me know.
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For the year 2020, 19209 supernovae and 65 extragalactic novae were reported.
1998 of these supernovae were named by CBAT,
17208 were given possible supernova designations,
and 3 were not reported to CBAT.
177 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 931 were found in named galaxies
128 objects were discovered by amateurs
5 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
139 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
1167 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
1590 Type I supernovae were found
  1385 Type Ia
  34 Type Ib
  48 Type Ic
  120 Type I-pec
417 Type II supernovae were found
  57 Type IIn
  27 Type IIP
  15 Type IIb
  0 Type IIL
  8 Type II-pec
6 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
17135 were untyped
Of the 65 novae that were reported  8 were reported to CBAT and 57 were not
  0 were given official names by CBAT
  40 were found in M31
  7 were found in M81
  3 were found in M33
  40 were untyped


8460 objects were discovered by ZTF (prof) (AT2020aesw)
6658 objects were discovered by PS1 (prof) (AT2020aewe)
2506 objects were discovered by ATLAS (prof) (AT2020aerh)
1005 objects were discovered by Gaia (prof) (2020aesn)
 269 objects were discovered by MASTER (prof) (2020adnx)
  94 objects were discovered by ASAS-SN (prof) (2020adow)
  85 objects were discovered by GSNST (prof) (AT2020aera)
  39 objects were discovered by DESGW (prof) (AT2020aava)
  30 objects were discovered by GOTO (prof) (AT2020acvg)
  30 objects were discovered by XOSS (AT2020aeqy)
  12 objects were discovered by Koichi Itagaki (2020abgq)
  10 objects were discovered by CRTS (prof) (AT2020adnv)
   7 objects were discovered by Kamil Hornoch et al. (AT2020aafw)
   7 objects were discovered by ZUDS (AT2020dax)
   6 objects were discovered by DLT40 (prof) (2020acli)
   6 objects were discovered by Italian Supernovae Search Project (AT2020aazg)
   6 objects were discovered by OGLE (prof) (AT2020dud)
   5 objects were discovered by BraTS (AT2020tcl)
   3 objects were discovered by AHTS (AT2020acxh)
   3 objects were discovered by DogsHeavenTS (AT2020pwm)
   3 objects were discovered by Duszanowicz (2020ohg)
   3 objects were discovered by GRAWITA (prof) (AT2020dpg)
   3 objects were discovered by SGLF (AT2020nwn)
   3 objects were discovered by Stu Parker (AT2020kbv)
   2 objects were discovered by SAGUARO (AT2020abgu)
   2 objects were discovered by TMTS (2020uyn)
   1 objects were discovered by Emmanuel Conseil (2020epi)
   1 objects were discovered by Filipp Romanov (AT2020quo)
   1 objects were discovered by Jacques (AT2020ssd)
   1 objects were discovered by Kuin (AT2020aafv)
   1 objects were discovered by Lundquist (AT2020arf)
   1 objects were discovered by Matthieu Conjat (AT2020end)
   1 objects were discovered by Neagu (AT2020htx)
   1 objects were discovered by PGIR (prof) (2020qmp)
   1 objects were discovered by PIKA (AT2020ler)
   1 objects were discovered by PMO-Tsinghua Supernova Survey (PTSS) (prof) (2020iic)
   1 objects were discovered by PSH (AT2020gcr)
   1 objects were discovered by PTF (prof) (AT2020aeut)
   1 objects were discovered by Patrick Wiggins (2020dpw)
   1 objects were discovered by Tercu (AT2020rte)
   1 objects were discovered by Vázquez Ramió (2020admb)
   1 objects were discovered by Walter Robledo (AT2020lri)
   1 objects were discovered by unknown (10LYSEnhv)

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