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, 6215 supernovae and 15 extragalactic novae were reported.
476 of these supernovae were named by TNS,
5739 were given possible supernova designations,
and 0 were not reported to TNS.
50 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 4654 were found in named galaxies
156 objects were discovered by amateurs
0 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
21 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
153 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
373 Type I supernovae were found
  347 Type Ia
    2 Type Ia-02cx
    3 Type Ia-91bg
    10 Type Ia-91T
    4 Type Ia-pec
  9 Type Ib
    1 Type Ibn
    0 Type Ib-pec
  12 Type Ic
    1 Type Icn
    3 Type Ic-pec
  7 Type SLSN-I
103 Type II supernovae were found
  13 Type IIn
  3 Type IIP
  13 Type IIb
  0 Type IIL
  3 Type SLSN-II
  0 Type II-pec
0 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
104 were not supernovae or Extragalactic novae.
5630 were untyped
Of the 15 novae that were reported  2 were reported to TNS and 13 were not
  1 were given official names by TNS
  7 were found in M31
  3 were found in M81
  0 were found in M33
  11 were untyped


1796 objects were discovered by ZTF (prof) (AT2026ies)
1790 objects were discovered by WFST (prof) (AT2026hxw)
 770 objects were discovered by GOTO (prof) (AT2026iar)
 742 objects were discovered by ATLAS (prof) (AT2026idu)
 578 objects were discovered by PS1 (prof) (AT2026ice)
  92 objects were discovered by LAST (prof) (AT2026gze)
  92 objects were discovered by SGLF (prof) (AT2026feu)
  87 objects were discovered by MASTER (prof) (AT2026idp)
  54 objects were discovered by XOSS (AT2026hvy)
  49 objects were discovered by SAGUARO (AT2026idv)
  36 objects were discovered by VHU-TDA (AT2026elo)
  29 objects were discovered by BlackGEM (prof) (AT2026ieu)
  20 objects were discovered by DESIRT (prof) (2026ctw)
  19 objects were discovered by JWST (prof) (AT2026xz)
  16 objects were discovered by Ziyang Mai (AT2026hlf)
  11 objects were discovered by GOATS (AT2026eiz)
   8 objects were discovered by jiashuo Zhang (AT2026icp)
   7 objects were discovered by GOATS_bot (AT2026hoo)
   5 objects were discovered by ASAS-SN (prof) (AT2026hze)
   5 objects were discovered by Firstlight (AT2026idw)
   4 objects were discovered by CRTS (prof) (AT2026hht)
   3 objects were discovered by Firstlight Bot (AT2026idw)
   3 objects were discovered by Shevansh  Nagar (AT2026fvt)
   2 objects were discovered by Fink (prof) (AT2026guj)
   2 objects were discovered by Kamil Hornoch et al. (Nova M81 2026-04a?)
   2 objects were discovered by Shevansh Nagar (AT2026gvy)
   2 objects were discovered by Taiga Sasaoka (2026for)
   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 Wynn Jacobson-Galan (2026fkf)
   1 objects were discovered by Yize Dong (2026fgl)

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