Global Penfriends

Find Snail mail and internet friends from around the world. Safe, secure and family friendly.

Find new International Friends

Our penpals are from all over the world, interested in new friendships, exchanging culture, learning a language, travel and education. Our snail mail members enjoy exchanging Letters, Postcards, Mail-Art, Candy and much more. Global Penfriends is a family friendly, secure place to meet new pen pals. All ages are welcome (School age to Seniors) Correspond by old fashioned snail mail or internet.

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Search Global Penfriends to find the right penpals.

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Correspond with your penpals via our secure online messaging system or start sending letters to your penpal by post and become snail mail pen pals.

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International friendship by Post or Internet

Global Penfriends has been connecting Penpals by post and internet for over 25 years. Start writing a letter or send a message to a new friend today.

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Popular Penpal Groups

Members can select penpals based on common interests such as, international friendship, snail mail exchange, language partner, travel friends, candy swaps, mail art, parcel exchange, postcard exchange.

What our members say

I have find so many new pen pal friends through this site, it feels very safe and it’s easy as everyone is like-minded wanting to find fellow penpals, very glad to be hear

Penpal MagicMagpie

39 (Female)

It's a good place to make friends Here on Global penfriends And it can be free and safe to use if money is tight. Thank you

Penpal A kind soul

41 (Female)

This has been outright the most amazing experience of 2025, I'm in awe with the service and the lifelong friends I have met. Thank you for an amazing service.

Penpal Tacita87

39 (Female)

I like global pen friends because it helps me with learning new things about different countries. I've made very nice friends of of this website. I would 100% recommend this for ew friends.

Penpal Arella

10 (Female)

I enjoy this site very much, I have met and spoken to wonderful people so far. No snail mail has been sent yet, but I am hoping to exchange snail mail soon and get the hang of things.

Penpal Reapers Peach

26 (Female)

This is a great Pen Pal site. Easy to use and a safe way of finding new friends. I recommend Global Pen Friends.

Penpal Twanda H

68 (Female)

Admin helpful, site more comprehensible than in years past, new friends abroad appearing. Happy. Thanks.

Penpal Judith Carol Irwin

76 (Female)

this app was very convenient when i started to want to have a pen pal!! my pen pal is very fun and I'm glad I have her.

Penpal RE10

10 (Female)

My experience so far has been ok and cool. I made a new friend and I look forward to finding more as I use this site. Thank you. Though, I have not meeting my goal : learning a language

Penpal Belle_genia

19 (Female)

it's nice to find friends from another country, especially through letters! (there's also other way if you dont want letters) it's so exciting

Penpal fyhs3

18 (Female)