2010 having 18 #1's and 2014 having 9 #1's is just a case of one year having above-average amount of #1's and another year having a below-average amount of #1's.
Just the year before 2009 had 12 #1's, and the year after 2011 had 13 #1's.
9 #1's is really low tho. Lowest since 2005 / 2003 had the lowest amount of #1's in a year. A lot of Streaming monsters happened last year though (Fancy, All About that Bass, Blank Space) with a mix of crossover airplay monsters (Dark Horse, Happy, All Of Me) so ofcourse the stays were really long.