Ad platforms often cap point-radius targeting at an upper bound (e.g. 50 km); a computed circumscribed or equal-area radius above that ceiling is silently clamped by the platform, shrinking actual coverage below what was reported.
Detection
Requested radius exceeds platform.maxRadius.
Mitigation
Clamp and re-tile with multiple smaller circles instead of one oversized request
Report executed radius, not requested radius, in delivery reconciliation