The music fans have spoken, tweeted and, at times this year, traded verbal jabs in 140-character punches.

These 20 fan armies are the most vocal of them all, rising above other fan bases to claim the top spots on Twitter's list of most-active music fan armies of 2014.

Justin Bieber's Beliebers fan base reigned supreme throughout the pop star's roller-coaster year. Meanwhile, Taylor Swift's Swifties finished in third place, as they had plenty to tweet about during the "Blank Space" singer's blockbuster 2014. And edging out the Swifties for the no. 2 spot is One Direction's Directioners.

Check out the top 20 fan armies in this Mashable infographic, based on Twitter data:

Image: Mashable Graphic/Christopher Mineses

NOTE: Beyoncé's Beyhive missed the top 20.