Avatar community/virtual world WeeWorld has announced that, according to data from comScore, it has grown the fastest amongst virtual worlds and social networking sites such as Facebook, Gaia, Habbo, Meez, Zwinky, MySpace, and SecondLife.

According to the data, WeeWorld’s growth in the United States surpassed competitors based on unique visitors, total number of visits and total time spent in the virtual community over the last year – with, for example, Weeworld’s engagement growth in total minutes quadrupling in the last 12 months.

WeeWorld’s global user base has also grown to more than 24 million WeeMees worldwide.

“The WeeWorld fan base has grown dramatically in the last year,” said Lauren Bigelow, General Manager and SVP of Marketing, WeeWorld. “We are thrilled to see how deeply engaged WeeWorlders are with our social network and virtual world. WeeWorlders are spending over half an hour on the site every day creating, playing and communicating with friends and family. WeeWorld is an entirely new type of entertainment and social media that is a huge hit with the younger generation … and the whole family.”