Abstract: In an information providing system: a first acquisition unit 10 acquires first information relating to a first exercise to be performed by a first user; an assessment unit 16 assesses a degree of correlation between the first information and information stored in a first memory 14A relating to exercises to be performed by other users different from the first user; a second acquisition unit 11 acquires information relating to a second user among the other users who engages in a second exercise assessed by the assessment unit 16 as having a correlation of a certain level or higher with the first information; and a providing unit 19 provides the information relating to the second user acquired by the second acquisition unit 11 in a form understandable to the first user as assistance information for assisting the first user engaging in the first exercise.