During his eventful year, the 20-year-old singer generated the most posts of any musician on Twitter. Justin beat One Direction star Niall Horan to the top spot, but he finished higher than his bandmates Harry Styles, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson, who came third, fourth and ninth, respectively.

Fifth 1D member Zayn Malik didn't generate enough online interest to make the top 10.

The report was compiled by Twitter, and other entrants include Ariana Grande in fifth spot, Demi Lovato in sixth place and Taylor Swift in tenth.

As well as revealing the most tweeted about musician, the statistics also revealed other notable achievements of pop stars on Twitter.

Katy Perry gained more followers than any other artist in 2014, attracting 13 million users to her feed, bringing her total to 60 million. Justin got a very respectable 11 million more followers; Taylor added 10 million to her profile, while 1D only added 5.5 million fans to their feed.

Justin's 'Beliebers' were the most-tweeted-about fans, Beyoncé's surprise self-titled LP was the most-mentioned album on the site and Pharrell Williams' song Happy achieved the most tweets of any track.

2014's most-tweeted - about artistes:

1. Justin Bieber

2. Niall Horan

3. Harry Styles

4. Liam Payne

5. Ariana Grande

6. Demi Lovato

7. Lady Gaga

8. Beyonce

9. Louis Tomlinson

10. Taylor Swift

Top music artistes who experienced the most Twitter follower growth in 2014:

1. @KatyPerry: gained 13 million followers

2. @JustinBieber: gained 11 million followers

3. @TaylorSwift13: gained 10 million followers

4. @ArianaGrande: gained 9.5 million followers

5. @JTimberlake: gained 9.1 million followers

6. @SelenaGomez: gained 7.9 million followers

7. @DDlovato: gained 6.2 million followers

8. @Rihanna: gained 6.2 million followers

9. @BritneySpears: gained 6.1 million followers

10. @OneDirection: gained 5.5 million followers