Debian testing updates "less" packages?

Good day,

This morning I just updated my machines, and I cant help to think that the updates got ‘less’ in a way?

Normally if I would update my machines on a daily or weekly manner, I would have a big list of updates that can be applied, today, not as much.

I’m running testing/sid on two machines, and LMDE/sid on another.

Would like to know if anyone experience something similar. If that is the case, I wonder if the xz backdoor gave the devs a scare of their lives.

Blessings.