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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Your profile describes you and your penpal preferences.

Find a Penpal

Search Global Penfriends to find the right penpals.

Start Writing

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

This is an excellent resource to obtain snail mail penpals, thanks! I have conversed back and forth at least once with three new people so far. Experiences have been positive.

Penpal K1985

40 (Female)

this website is amazing, i wish more people jnew about it . It'd be nice as an app with a call feature and notifications because i rarely use my mail

Penpal starstruck11

15 (Female)

Lovely site to meet friends to exchange ideas and/or opinions. It also brings the world closer to home. I love travel and have natural curiousity about people and how/where they live.

Penpal Onesweetpea

67 (Female)

I’ve found a few amazing friends through this site and it’s always felt much safer than others.10/10

Penpal Elizabethpaints

19 (Female)

I have made many overseas pal from this site and have been writing to friends for over 20 plus years. A wonderful site to find lifetime friendships

Penpal PollyC

58 (Female)

Encountered some super amazing people here. Some of them are my buddies now. I am really thankful to team GPF for this platform

Penpal Almost Enlightened

42 (Female)

Perfect for helping you find a friend 🧡 all you have to do it start a profile and they will help you do the rest

Penpal Carlie ball

18 (Female)

Great easy way to make friends from your own country to around anywhere in the world

Penpal FireFly7788

48 (Female)

I've made many friends using this site, it's easy to navigate too.I highly recommend Global Penfriends 👌

Penpal Voyage voyage

55 (Female)

I have made so many new, lovely friends from this website! It is amazing!! It is so easy to use and I highly recommend!

Penpal Sparklycat

11 (Female)