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, 5276 supernovae and 14 extragalactic novae were reported.
409 of these supernovae were named by TNS,
4867 were given possible supernova designations,
and 0 were not reported to TNS.
41 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 3985 were found in named galaxies
114 objects were discovered by amateurs
0 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
18 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
127 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
329 Type I supernovae were found
  310 Type Ia
    1 Type Ia-02cx
    1 Type Ia-91bg
    10 Type Ia-91T
    2 Type Ia-pec
  6 Type Ib
    1 Type Ibn
    0 Type Ib-pec
  9 Type Ic
    0 Type Icn
    2 Type Ic-pec
  7 Type SLSN-I
79 Type II supernovae were found
  9 Type IIn
  1 Type IIP
  10 Type IIb
  0 Type IIL
  2 Type SLSN-II
  0 Type II-pec
0 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
76 were not supernovae or Extragalactic novae.
4785 were untyped
Of the 14 novae that were reported  1 were reported to TNS and 13 were not
  1 were given official names by TNS
  7 were found in M31
  2 were found in M81
  0 were found in M33
  10 were untyped


1535 objects were discovered by ZTF (prof) (AT2026guk)
1422 objects were discovered by WFST (prof) (AT2026gga)
 696 objects were discovered by GOTO (prof) (AT2026gud)
 624 objects were discovered by ATLAS (prof) (AT2026gbr)
 561 objects were discovered by PS1 (prof) (AT2026fgg)
  92 objects were discovered by LAST (prof) (2026fvx)
  75 objects were discovered by SGLF (prof) (AT2026feu)
  70 objects were discovered by MASTER (prof) (AT2026gug)
  46 objects were discovered by XOSS (2026fsf)
  36 objects were discovered by VHU-TDA (AT2026elo)
  25 objects were discovered by SAGUARO (AT2026gui)
  21 objects were discovered by BlackGEM (prof) (AT2026gad)
  20 objects were discovered by DESIRT (prof) (2026ctw)
  19 objects were discovered by JWST (prof) (AT2026xz)
  14 objects were discovered by Ziyang Mai (AT2026erp)
   4 objects were discovered by GOATS (AT2026eiz)
   3 objects were discovered by ASAS-SN (prof) (AT2026fyc)
   2 objects were discovered by CRTS (prof) (2026efq)
   2 objects were discovered by Fink (prof) (AT2026guj)
   2 objects were discovered by Shevansh  Nagar (AT2026fvt)
   2 objects were discovered by Taiga Sasaoka (2026for)
   2 objects were discovered by jiashuo Zhang (AT2026gay)
   1 objects were discovered by COIN (AT2026ejk)
   1 objects were discovered by Firstlight Bot (AT2026fkv)
   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 Kamil Hornoch et al. (Nova M31 2026-02a)
   1 objects were discovered by Koichi Itagaki (2026fov)
   1 objects were discovered by Shevansh Nagar (AT2026fna)
   1 objects were discovered by Tomasz Ściężor (AT2026gua)
   1 objects were discovered by Wynn Jacobson-Galan (2026fkf)
   1 objects were discovered by Yize Dong (2026fgl)

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