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, 13965 supernovae and 31 extragalactic novae were reported.
1177 of these supernovae were named by TNS,
12788 were given possible supernova designations,
and 0 were not reported to TNS.
97 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 9916 were found in named galaxies
139 objects were discovered by amateurs
2 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
45 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
340 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
889 Type I supernovae were found
  802 Type Ia
    3 Type Ia-02cx
    7 Type Ia-91bg
    29 Type Ia-91T
    11 Type Ia-pec
  26 Type Ib
    3 Type Ibn
    2 Type Ib-pec
  36 Type Ic
    2 Type Icn
    12 Type Ic-pec
  16 Type SLSN-I
283 Type II supernovae were found
  43 Type IIn
  9 Type IIP
  22 Type IIb
  0 Type IIL
  10 Type SLSN-II
  3 Type II-pec
1 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
240 were not supernovae or Extragalactic novae.
12539 were untyped
Of the 31 novae that were reported  8 were reported to TNS and 23 were not
  1 were given official names by TNS
  15 were found in M31
  5 were found in M81
  0 were found in M33
  22 were untyped


3564 objects were discovered by ZTF (prof) (AT2026tro)
3258 objects were discovered by WFST (prof) (AT2026sug)
1729 objects were discovered by ATLAS (prof) (AT2026tri)
1573 objects were discovered by GOTO (prof) (AT2026trg)
1328 objects were discovered by PS1 (prof) (AT2026tok)
1283 objects were discovered by ALeRCE (prof) (AT2026tmn)
 268 objects were discovered by LAST (prof) (AT2026tqd)
 238 objects were discovered by SGLF (prof) (AT2026trm)
 143 objects were discovered by MASTER (prof) (AT2026stf)
  98 objects were discovered by SAGUARO (prof) (AT2026qar)
  92 objects were discovered by XOSS (AT2026tqz)
  87 objects were discovered by LVRA (prof) (AT2026std)
  53 objects were discovered by BlackGEM (prof) (AT2026stw)
  36 objects were discovered by GOATS (prof) (AT2026seb)
  36 objects were discovered by VHU-TDA (AT2026elo)
  30 objects were discovered by Ziyang Mai (AT2026rnu)
  28 objects were discovered by NEXUS (prof) (AT2026rgz)
  20 objects were discovered by DESIRT (prof) (2026ctw)
  19 objects were discovered by JWST (prof) (AT2026xz)
  14 objects were discovered by ASAS-SN (prof) (AT2026oyp)
  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) (AT2026tmt)
   9 objects were discovered by Firstlight (prof) (AT2026jpm)
   5 objects were discovered by Fink (prof) (AT2026plx)
   4 objects were discovered by Aidan Sedgewick (AT2026rhq)
   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 BTS (AT2026rhp)
   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 Michael Camilo (AT2026tim)
   1 objects were discovered by Patrick Wiggins (2026sqf)
   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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