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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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

Global Penfriends is such a warm and welcoming space. It makes it easy to connect with kind, creative people from all over the world, and there’s something really special about slowing down and building friendships through letters. Perfect for anyone who loves journaling, stationery, and meaningful connections.

Penpal anits_sanpop3

26 (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)

The best place to find friends from all over the world! I already learned so much about different cultures, def recommend!

Penpal meiikwi

14 (Female)

great site to use to find yourself a penpal. they also have it safe to use incase you are unsure to send your address.

Penpal JayJay2026

36 (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)

I love this site! You can meet so many great new friends, practice the language you're learning, and make many long lasting connections :)

Penpal lunalette

15 (Female)

Has been a good experience thanks! Some people just want to text you on your personal mobile phones. I stick to just talking to women now by a snail mail pen friends.

Penpal Andromeda25

47 (Female)

It's nice to meet real people and make friends. People speak very respectfully thanks to this website. And I made great friends named Max, Timothy and Alastair. This site is truly incredible. Gerçek insanlarla tanışıp arkadaş olmak çok güzel. İnsanlar bu Web sitenin sayesinde oldukça saygılı bir şekilde konuşuyorlar. Ve ben de Max, Timothy ve Alastair adında harika dostlar edindim. Bu site gerçekten inanılmaz bir şey.

Penpal rosea61

18 (Female)

It is a great chance to meet new penpals. I am a member here since many years. It's also a good help to learn more about other countries.

Penpal aprilshower

46 (Female)

It is a nice way to find new Friends all across the world! I am very happy that I found this Website, now I have Friends from China to usa

Penpal GirlfromCH

18 (Female)