An event, action, etc. that if recorded and posted on youtube, would spark mass viewing and numerous hits.
Guy 1: Dude did you just see Mike eat shit off those stairs!

Guy 2: Yeah man that was youtube gold!
by xxrunner90 May 3, 2009
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Catching a rare moment of life on a cell phone camera or other, of when ignorance crashes with ignorance, and then posting it on YouTube.
Hey Alex, check out this video i got of some guys trying to break into the staples center during the Lakers riots, then right when they enter, the cops blast them with bean bags, Alex say, "Yo! for real, that’s some YouTube gold right there".
by FKOLBY75 June 17, 2009
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1) Any video, meme, movie scene, or song that has been edited and/or taken out of its original meaning and context and made into something uniquely new.
The Almighty Loaf is a good example of YouTube Gold. Two unique things and the makers own add ins made into one, uniquely different video.
by Real_NoobToob July 12, 2021
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