Reviewing Harrison's career in a 2002 issue of ''[[Goldmine (magazine)|Goldmine]]'' magazine, [[Dave Thompson (author)|Dave Thompson]] termed "Piggies" "whimsically foreboding" and grouped it with late-period Beatles songs such as "[[Something (Beatles song)|Something]]" and "[[Long, Long, Long]]" that anticipated Harrison's successes as a solo artist after [[Break-up of the Beatles|the group's break-up]] in 1970.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Dave |last=Thompson|title=The Music of George Harrison: An album-by-album guide|magazine=[[Goldmine (magazine)|Goldmine]]|date=25 January 2002|page=15}}</ref> Tim Riley describes the song's narrative as "smug anti-elitism outdone only by the dourness of John's 'Glass Onion' and '[[Sexy Sadie]]'".{{sfn|Riley|2002|p=262}} With regard to George Martin's contention that ''The Beatles'' should have been edited down to a single disc, however, he views "Piggies" as one of the White Album "essentials" contributed by Harrison, along with "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "[[Savoy Truffle]]".{{sfn|Riley|2002|pp=259–60}}{{refn|group=nb|In his attempt to reduce the 1968 release to a single LP, on the occasion of the album's 40th anniversary, Mark Caro of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' similarly included "Piggies", as well as "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "Long, Long, Long".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_popmachine/2008/08/the-new-issue-o.html#more |first=Mark|last=Caro |title=Pop Machine: Building a shorter (better?) Beatles White Album |publisher=[[Chicago Tribune|chicagotribune.com]]|date=19 August 2008|access-date=23 May 2016}}</ref>}}
Among reviewers of the 2009 remastered album, Sean Highkin of ''[[Beats perPer Minute (website)|Beats Per Minute]]'' cites the track as evidence that, despite the disharmonious atmosphere within the group during 1968, "All four Beatles were working at their highest levels", with Harrison "at his most acerbic on 'Piggies'".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://beatsperminute.com/reviews/the-beatles-the-beatles-white-album/ |last=Highkin |first=Sean |title=The Beatles – The Beatles [White Album] [Remaster] |publisherwebsite=[[Beats perPer Minute (website)|Beats Per Minute]]|date=10 September 2009|access-date=29 February 2016}}</ref> Mark Richardson of ''[[Pitchfork Media(website)|Pitchfork]]'' highlights the song as one of ''The Beatles''{{'}} "iffy jokes" that nevertheless succeed, due to the high standard of the band's songwriting and the effective sequencing of the double album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13432-the-beatles/ |last=Richardson |first=Mark |title=The Beatles: The Beatles |publisherwebsite=[[Pitchfork Media(website)|Pitchfork]]|date=10 September 2009|access-date=29 February 2016}}</ref> Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of its release, Jacob Stolworthy of ''[[The Independent]]'' listed "Piggies" at number 14 in his ranking of the White Album's 30 tracks. He admired the harpsichord passage as a "highlight" of the album and wrote: "On first listen, 'Piggies' is too strange to enjoy. Once its Orwellian nature is embraced, however, it becomes a joyous two fingers in the face of establishment told by Harrison in baroque pop form."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-beatles-white-album-tracks-ranked-paul-mccartney-john-lennon-george-harrison-50-anniversary-a8643431.html|first=Jacob|last=Stolworthy|title=The Beatles' White Album tracks, ranked – from Blackbird to While My Guitar Gently Weeps|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=22 November 2018|access-date=27 March 2019}}</ref>
