Sure, the usual end-of-year opinions – best album, best singles and the rest of it – have been debated to death now, but what about the science of 2014? What about the maths? What about the numbers?

In an infographic designed by FACT’s Arianna Power, we boil 2014 down to its key numbers, from the 139 pieces of gear Aphex Twin used on Syro and the 40,100 Google results you’ll get when you search “PC Music + divisive”, to the 16 mixtapes that Gucci Mane released from jail and what’s surely the highest Discogs rating of all time. Open it up here, and check out the rest of our end of 2014 features below.

More End of 2014 features: 

The 20 best albums of 2014
The 20 best reissues of 2014 
The 20 best labels of 2014
The 20 best cassettes of 2014
The 20 best mixtapes of 2014
The 20 best free mixes of 2014
The 20 best videos of 2014
The 20 best album covers of 2014
Has 2014 been the best year for dance albums in recent memory?
Power ambient – the sound of 2014