He basically operates in two patterns:
- Leaks info. Everyone flocks to shower him with praise, he basks in it.
- Someone else leaks something, he rushes in to state he knew about all that stuff months in advance, tries to give more info to upstage the original leaker in an attempt to siphon some of the attention.
The last piece to his puzzle is his obsession with the insider game, which is quite meta and concerning.
He worded it subtler, but it does sound like he's humblebragging about his followers, haha. Even the slightest bit of recognition turns people into assholes. 
Humblebragger!

That's the word my vocab was sorely missing. Thank you!