There is provided an information providing apparatus including: an accumulating section sequentially accumulating profile information of a user, which is generated by newly collecting user-relevant information including an action history of the user; an acquiring section acquiring a search result in a case where information search according to a request of the user is performed by using current profile information in the accumulated profile information; and a control section determining an output mode on the basis of the accumulated profile information to perform control such that the acquired search result is output in the determined output mode.