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, 17450 supernovae and 37 extragalactic novae were reported.
1406 of these supernovae were named by TNS,
16042 were given possible supernova designations,
and 2 were not reported to TNS.
112 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 17179 were found in named galaxies
157 objects were discovered by amateurs
2 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
49 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
384 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
1067 Type I supernovae were found
  955 Type Ia
    4 Type Ia-02cx
    7 Type Ia-91bg
    31 Type Ia-91T
    14 Type Ia-pec
  35 Type Ib
    4 Type Ibn
    2 Type Ib-pec
  47 Type Ic
    3 Type Icn
    15 Type Ic-pec
  19 Type SLSN-I
334 Type II supernovae were found
  54 Type IIn
  12 Type IIP
  27 Type IIb
  0 Type IIL
  10 Type SLSN-II
  3 Type II-pec
2 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
271 were not supernovae or Extragalactic novae.
15764 were untyped
Of the 37 novae that were reported  8 were reported to TNS and 29 were not
  1 were given official names by TNS
  21 were found in M31
  5 were found in M81
  0 were found in M33
  28 were untyped


4116 objects were discovered by ZTF (prof) (AT2026yvw)
3901 objects were discovered by WFST (prof) (AT2026ysf)
2449 objects were discovered by PS1 (prof) (AT2026yvu)
1973 objects were discovered by ATLAS (prof) (AT2026yum)
1967 objects were discovered by GOTO (prof) (AT2026ypw)
1624 objects were discovered by ALeRCE (prof) (AT2026vcv)
 379 objects were discovered by LAST (prof) (AT2026yuj)
 260 objects were discovered by SGLF (prof) (AT2026txp)
 158 objects were discovered by MASTER (prof) (AT2026yer)
 101 objects were discovered by SAGUARO (prof) (AT2026unp)
  97 objects were discovered by XOSS (AT2026yoo)
  87 objects were discovered by LVRA (prof) (AT2026std)
  66 objects were discovered by BlackGEM (prof) (AT2026uxv)
  36 objects were discovered by GOATS (prof) (AT2026seb)
  36 objects were discovered by VHU-TDA (AT2026elo)
  33 objects were discovered by Ziyang Mai (AT2026ymq)
  28 objects were discovered by NEXUS (prof) (AT2026rgz)
  20 objects were discovered by DESIRT (prof) (2026ctw)
  19 objects were discovered by JWST (prof) (AT2026xz)
  18 objects were discovered by ASAS-SN (prof) (2026uzh)
  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) (2026tmt)
   9 objects were discovered by Firstlight (prof) (AT2026jpm)
   7 objects were discovered by Aidan Sedgewick (AT2026umv)
   5 objects were discovered by Fink (prof) (AT2026plx)
   4 objects were discovered by Andrea Reguitti (AT2026ymp)
   4 objects were discovered by Shevansh Nagar (AT2026hax)
   3 objects were discovered by Jingyuan Zhao (AT2026wfl)
   3 objects were discovered by Robert Fidrich (AT2026wjw)
   3 objects were discovered by Taiga Sasaoka (2026unq)
   2 objects were discovered by COIN (AT2026uxw)
   2 objects were discovered by Flavio Castellani (AT2026wvv)
   2 objects were discovered by Koichi Itagaki (AT2026yly)
   2 objects were discovered by Minrui Ning (AT2026oww)
   2 objects were discovered by Peter Blanchard (2026uii)
   1 objects were discovered by Ágoston Horti-Dávid (2026jih)
   1 objects were discovered by BTS (AT2026rhp)
   1 objects were discovered by Corey Rennell (AT2026win)
   1 objects were discovered by Francisco Ocaña (AT2026ykv)
   1 objects were discovered by Giancarlo Cortini (AT2026epv)
   1 objects were discovered by Halima Hussain Sayed (AT2026xkp)
   1 objects were discovered by Italian Supernovae Search Project (2026pel)
   1 objects were discovered by Lukasz Wyrzykowski (AT2026wpf)
   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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