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

I have spent a year and a half on global pen friends and I cannot express to you how safe and kind this website is I definitely recommended it!!

Penpal Katie13

13 (Female)

Found by accident. Positive experience overall. It is a little hit & miss, but made great friends...

Penpal QuiltAngel67

59 (Female)

Have had fun learning about others and their lives and share and learn about how others live. We are more alike than we know.

Penpal Minnesota Nice

54 (Female)

It’s great I mainly got to make global friends to language exchange with and friends to pen pal and have fun!

Penpal JAKI_1009

18 (Female)

i love this site so much!!! its so fun to meet new people and make friends from around the world !!!

Penpal dria

14 (Female)

I made lots of friends on here. The site is easy to navigate, and I feel safe on this website from weirdos. Thank you.

Penpal evielovesmusic

16 (Female)

Efficient and easy to use. Well vetted and safe. A wide variety of people in every age range with similar interests and hobbies.After my husband died I was lonely but now have pen pals to email, this makes life more interesting.

Penpal Quilterfan

86 (Female)

i came on the site to find people from all over Europe and to place i would like to visit. In the process i met one of my best friends. We have been in touch now for 4 years and going strong.

Penpal MLBintheUSA

55 (Female)

I have met many nice people and have enjoyed corresponding with them. It is a good way to meet people from other countries and learn about their lives and customs.

Penpal Lauralynn

83 (Female)

Its very easy to navigate things, ensures safety when verifying profiles, no paywall, and i can find people of my age without being called out for being too young!

Penpal Koinks

15 (Female)