What is Postcrossing?

It's a project that allows you to send postcards and receive postcards back from random people around the world. Learn more.

How does it work?

  1. Request an address and a Postcard ID
  2. Mail a postcard to that address
  3. Receive a postcard from another postcrosser!
  4. Register the Postcard ID you have received
  5. Go to number 1 to receive more postcards!

Our happy members

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“In the digital age, it is so easy to keep up with people. You’ve got acquaintances on Facebook, emails with your distant relatives, texting with your grandparents, and tweeting at celebrities and politicians. Something about the act of writing things out by hand on physical paper, sealing it in an envelope, and dropping it in the mail makes the whole message feel much more personal and enjoyable.”

Núria, Spain
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What is happening now?

Postcrossing in numbers

  • icon804,476 members
  • icon209 countries
  • icon79,648,471 postcards received
  • icon288 received in the last hour
  • icon425,271 postcards traveling
  • icon251,752,028,760 miles traveled
  • icon10,109,934 laps around the world