Global Penfriends

Write to pen pals online from 195+ countries — and swap letters by post when you're ready. Safe, secure and family friendly.

Find new International Friends

Our members come from all over the world to make new friends, share their culture, learn a language and talk about travel. Most write to each other through our safe online messaging, and many also enjoy swapping letters, postcards and mail art by post. All ages are welcome, from school age to seniors, in a family-friendly, secure club.

Create a Profile

Your profile describes you and your penpal preferences.

Find a Penpal

Search Global Penfriends to find the right penpals.

Start Writing

Message your penpals in our secure online messaging, and swap postal addresses safely if you'd like to write by post too.

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International friendship online and by post

Global Penfriends has been connecting penpals for 30+ years. 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, language partners, travel friends and e-pals, plus snail mail, postcard and mail art swaps.

E-Pals

Internet, email, socials or mobile friends

Language Exchange

Find a native speaker to practise your new language

Travel Friends

Find a travel partner to explore the world with Global Penfriends

Snail mail Penpals

Exchange letters and parcels by post. Form friendships the old fashioned way.

Candy Swap

Exchange candy from all over the world by post.

Mail Art – Aesthetic Pal

Show off your inner artist and exchange miniature works of art.
Make your letters shine

What our members say

This app/website is very good. Its easy to use and navigate. The people ive met here are very kind and its cool to meet new people from other cultures!

Penpal XoxoMochi13

12 (Female)

I have found a great friend, I'm glad to be a member. Thank you all for this Chanel, that like us with great people.

Penpal Nadir2023

57 (Female)

This site is a really calm and nice place to communicate with people around the world. Keep going my fellas :)

Penpal HennaGiu

26 (Female)

very easy to use and you meet such friendly and wonderful people, i have had a great experience so far

Penpal augussst91

18 (Female)

It is a great site to connect with people from across the globe, and does an excellent job ensuring the safety and ease of everyone involved!

Penpal Maggie Whitman

16 (Female)

This website is really good. I like how it checks if every user is safe and I never met a fraud here.

Penpal Weslie

17 (Female)

Great to hear from someone from another country and ask question on where to go and see in your travels.

Penpal Cheer

62 (Female)

I enjoy Global Penfriends. I continue to write to a retired senior lady with similar qualities, past times and hobbies. She is from Norway.

Penpal HOW

79 (Female)

i like it but the website said that it's free but not all the things are free. the other things are great but you have to share your address

Penpal Louie Nina

13 (Female)

It has everything in it, like searching some friend by language, age. it show what she loved too, perfect

Penpal Atul12

13 (Female)