Online with the stars

Taylor Swift.Picture / AP

January
Pharrell Williams' Happy, originally written for the 2013 Dreamworks sequel Despicable Me 2, became a viral hit this year. The video alone has been viewed 531 million times on YouTube.

February
Actress Ellen Page came out on Valentine's Day during a speech at a human rights campaign for LGBT youth, saying "I'm here today because I am gay".

March
Ellen Degeneres' Oscar selfie, featuring an unrivalled collection of the Hollywood elite, was retweeted more than three million times.

May
Kim Kardashian's Instagram snap showing her and Kanye West kissing after their wedding was the most liked photo on the platform in 2014, with 2.4 million likes.

June
Game of Thrones fans watched as the Queen eyed the Iron Throne while visiting the hit TV show's set in Belfast in June, but decided against sitting on it.

August
Once the video for Shake It Off (with 422,139,663 views on YouTube) came online, Taylor Swift moved beyond the status of country starlet and became thinkpiece fodder in the blogosphere. Feminism, racial stereotypes and Swift's new musical direction were all picked apart.

September
British actress Emma Watson was appointed UN Women Goodwill Ambassador in July, and in September she used her role to launch the #HeForShe campaign encouraging men and boys to join the gender equality cause.

October
Appearing on the Tonight Show, Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe showed the world he can rap, delivering a slick version of Blackalicious' Alphabet Aerobics. The video of the feat has 32 million views.

November
The first trailer for JJ Abrams' Star Wars sequel, The Force Awakens has had more than 51 million views on YouTube, making it the most watched teaser trailer ever.

December
With more than six million YouTube subscribers and her videos reaching up to eight million views, Zoella's first book, Girl Online, outsold any other book in its opening week. But claims she didn't write the book caused her to quit the internet temporarily.

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