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, 11325 supernovae and 27 extragalactic novae were reported.
1064 of these supernovae were named by TNS,
10261 were given possible supernova designations,
and 0 were not reported to TNS.
93 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 8249 were found in named galaxies
128 objects were discovered by amateurs
1 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
44 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
302 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
816 Type I supernovae were found
  735 Type Ia
    3 Type Ia-02cx
    7 Type Ia-91bg
    24 Type Ia-91T
    11 Type Ia-pec
  21 Type Ib
    2 Type Ibn
    2 Type Ib-pec
  34 Type Ic
    2 Type Icn
    12 Type Ic-pec
  14 Type SLSN-I
243 Type II supernovae were found
  32 Type IIn
  7 Type IIP
  21 Type IIb
  0 Type IIL
  8 Type SLSN-II
  2 Type II-pec
1 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
219 were not supernovae or Extragalactic novae.
10032 were untyped
Of the 27 novae that were reported  7 were reported to TNS and 20 were not
  1 were given official names by TNS
  14 were found in M31
  5 were found in M81
  0 were found in M33
  20 were untyped


3263 objects were discovered by ZTF (prof) (AT2026prd)
3053 objects were discovered by WFST (prof) (AT2026prh)
1550 objects were discovered by ATLAS (prof) (AT2026prt)
1439 objects were discovered by GOTO (prof) (AT2026psb)
 956 objects were discovered by PS1 (prof) (AT2026ptq)
 234 objects were discovered by LAST (prof) (AT2026pqm)
 203 objects were discovered by SGLF (prof) (AT2026pqz)
 137 objects were discovered by MASTER (prof) (AT2026pqo)
  97 objects were discovered by SAGUARO (prof) (AT2026pru)
  83 objects were discovered by XOSS (AT2026pqa)
  56 objects were discovered by ALeRCE (prof) (AT2026plu)
  50 objects were discovered by BlackGEM (prof) (AT2026oxb)
  36 objects were discovered by VHU-TDA (AT2026elo)
  28 objects were discovered by Ziyang Mai (AT2026ppd)
  20 objects were discovered by DESIRT (prof) (2026ctw)
  19 objects were discovered by JWST (prof) (AT2026xz)
  18 objects were discovered by LVRA (prof) (AT2026pet)
  14 objects were discovered by ASAS-SN (prof) (AT2026oyp)
  12 objects were discovered by jiashuo Zhang (AT2026ivf)
  11 objects were discovered by GOATS (prof) (AT2026eiz)
   9 objects were discovered by Firstlight (prof) (AT2026jpm)
   9 objects were discovered by Kamil Hornoch et al. (Nova M81 2026-06a?)
   6 objects were discovered by CRTS (prof) (2026jci)
   5 objects were discovered by Fink (prof) (AT2026plx)
   4 objects were discovered by Shevansh Nagar (AT2026hax)
   2 objects were discovered by Andrea Reguitti (AT2026nsk)
   2 objects were discovered by Jingyuan Zhao (AT2026oir)
   2 objects were discovered by Minrui Ning (AT2026oww)
   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 Italian Supernovae Search Project (2026pel)
   1 objects were discovered by Koichi Itagaki (2026fov)
   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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